before we were human,

there was no idea of a message. silence was an element like water and air. words were separate, linked to things, links of separation. loose things tied together with string. knots. written knots could be erased. the erasures like silences where words were. words worth, ha. the trouble is language was not things but like things described. silent things. you can be silent with a dog in a way you can't be with a human. unless you can.