Testament
by
Victor Grauer
When the General went out the door he came
in the door. In going out
the door the General came in. As he, the
General, exited, he, the
General, entered. For a moment he was
exactly at the threshold between
the inside and the outside and at that
moment he became divided from
himself exactly in half, one half to enter
and the other half to leave.
One half spoke. The other half remained
silent.
When the General went out the door he came in the same door. In going
out the door the same General came in. Going
out the same he whispered
the same to himself coming in. For a moment
what he whispered was
exactly at the threshold between the same
inside and the outside
different from the same and at that same
moment he became divided from
himself exactly in half, one half to enter
and the other half to leave.
One half the same. The other half different.
When the General went out the door a
different General came in the
same door. In going out the door a different
General came in different.
Going out he became indifferent to what he
whispered to himself as he
came in. For a moment what he became was
exactly at the threshold
between the inside and the outside of what
he was to become and what
he was to become outside became indifferent
to what he became inside
and at that moment he became divided from
himself exactly in half,
one half to enter and the other half to
leave. One half to remember.
The other half forgot.
When the General went out the same door he
came in he forgot. In going
out the door the indifferent General became
different from himself.
Going out he forgot what he whispered to
himself as he remembered to
come in. For a moment what he forgot was
exactly at the threshold
between the inside of what he remembered to
whisper and the outside
of what he remembered before he forgot to
whisper and at that moment
he became divided from himself exactly in
half, one half to enter and
the other half to leave. One half whispered.
The other half didn't
notice.
When the General went out the same he
whispered and then cleared his
throat coming in different. In going out the
door the same General
similarly cleared his throat and then
whispered to himself going in
the door similarly. As he, the General, went
out the door the same,
he, the same General, came in the door
similarly. For a moment what
he whispered going in was the same as what
he forgot to notice going
out and similarly what he forgot to notice
was whispered to what he
forgot to whisper before he was going to be
different and at that
moment
he became divided from himself exactly in half, one half to
enter and the other half to leave. One half
to serve notice. The
other half to be served without notice.
When the General went out the same as he
came in he came in the same
the same as he went out before he came in.
In going out the door the
door he came in by opened and he came in the
door he came out by. As
he, the General, served notice notice was
served similarly to himself
without notice. For a moment a moment he
forgot he served notice he
was about to whisper something something he
forgot to whisper before
he forgot to listen to what he forgot to
whisper at that moment and
at that moment at a moment's notice notice
was served that moment and
at that moment he became divided from
himself exactly in half, one
half to enter and the other half to leave.
One half to notice. The
other half to be noticed.
When the General noticed the General noticed
that going out was the
same same that coming in in the same way was
he noticed he was noticed
by the General the same way on the same way
going out. In going out
the door going in he was noticed giving
notice whispering to himself
himself whispering to someone else. Going
out he remembered to be
noticed listening to himself whispering in
the same way way beyond
a moment's notice. For a moment a moment he
remembered he became
himself himself becoming someone else and at
that moment someone
someone else noticed divided from himself,
divided exactly in half
half to enter half and the other half to
leave whole. One half half
noticed no one. The other half half without
notice noticed one.
When the General went out the door without
notice he specifically
gave notice he wanted to meet no one coming
in the other door
without notice. In going out the door
specifically the General
encountered the specific other General he
had specifically wanted
to avoid noticing. Going out he remembered
to whisper something
other to no one specific forgetting to
whisper nothing to one other
specific person he specifically gave notice
to. For a moment a moment
of silence silence fell without notice and
at that moment without a
moment's notice divided from itself exactly
in half, one half half
to enter silence the other half to half
leave silently. One half
remained silent. The other half was silently
moved.
When the General the General specifically
wanted to avoid noticing
went out the door the door moved silently
and the General the General
couldn't avoid couldn't avoid noticing the
other General coming in by
the same door. In going out the door the
outgoing General silently
moved out going out the same door
specifically as the other General
coming in generally came in. As he, the
General, silently came in
silently whispering to himself the other
General half whispered to
himself going out out the same door
generally the same as he himself
generally came in. For a moment a moment was
all he needed at that
moment and at that moment that moment
momentarily divided itself
from itself exactly in half one half exactly
to divide itself from
itself the other half inexactly to be
divided itself by dividing
itself dividing itself exactly in half. One
half needed nothing. The
other half was next to nothing.
When the General the General generally
needed to avoid needed to
avoid the General who needed to avoid him
specifically the General
specifically went out the door the door he
generally needed to come
in. In going out out the same door the
needed General needed next to
nothing moved in in the same door generally
needed to move nothing
other in as he went in the other door. Going
out he remembered going
out to move next to what he needed
specifically to move next to nothing
to what he specifically noticed going in.
For a moment he noticed
himself whispering next to what he had been
whispering before nothing
moved in and at that moment what moved
nothing divided itself exactly
in half one half exactly half of what
nothing had been moved out of
one half next to nothing of what nothing had
moved. One half to move
next to nothing. The other half to avoid
being moved next to by nothing.
When the General the General generally
needed needed to avoid the
General the General needed to avoid the
General needed to specifically
go out the same door the same same door he
needed to avoid coming in
to avoid coming in. In going out out the out
door he generally avoided
going out the same in the same door
specifically specifically to avoid
being moved next to nothing being moved in
in the other in door going
out out the other other outdoor door. Going
out he noticed nothing
other coming coming in the indoor door and
moved out out the outdoor
door going outdoors noticed nothing moving
out out the other indoor
door to move nothing other indoors noticed
nothing indoors moved out
the out door out the outdoor door outdoors
nothing. For a moment he
moved nothing out the outdoor door to avoid
going indoors moved
nothing next to nothing in the indoor door
outdoors to avoid going
outdoors next moved next to nothing needed
nothing moved nothing
next to the outdoor door divided from itself
and at that moment the
outdoor door divided from itself exactly in
half one half exactly
divided coming in from itself the other half
going out itself going
out exactly divided. One half moved
previously. The other half was
subsequently not moved.
When the General the General needed noticed
nothing nothing the General
generally needed needed the noticed General
previously to be moved
specifically in in the out door subsequently
as the General the General
moved moved unnoticed out out the in door.
In going in going going in
the out door himself previously unnoticed he
himself specifically
moved nothing in in the in door in coming
coming in and generally
noticing nothing in general to be moved
subsequently moved in. As he,
the General, came he moved nothing he
himself needed moved in in
himself came himself as himself next to
himself as nothing came to
be moved came in the same door subsequently
moving next to himself
himself needing next to nothing nothing
moved noticing nothing moved
he came himself to be moved needing nothing
came to be moved moved
next next to next to himself to himself came
to came came came to
came to came to came came himself came came
to came to himself
himself came to himself. For a moment he
needed nothing moved nothing
nothing next to nothing next to next to
nothing moved moved nothing
nothing nothing needed nothing next next to
nothing next nothing
needed next needed nothing next next next
nothing moved nothing
moved nothing moved and at that moment nothing
moved the General
the General the General nothing nothing
moved the General as he
divided from himself exactly in half one
half exactly himself himself
coming to coming coming to coming to himself
exactly himself exactly
the other half inexactly divided from
himself as he moved himself
inexactly as he himself moved himself moved
moved was moved moved
himself himself was moved himself inexactly
himself moved as himself
himself himself divided from himself going
out inexactly divided
divided divided as he divided himself from
himself. One half exactly
one coming to coming coming to coming to
himself. The other half
half inexactly going going to going to going
to.
END
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