Day 157. Monday. July 6

Interior of a small stone cottage on MONDAY, July 6 — FIFTEEN DAYS past the summer solstice, the recession at 3 × 5 the pattern-number times the seal-number. Day 157 = DOUBLY PRIME (the 37th prime, 37 itself the 12th prime). The COMPANION — the SECOND mark of row thirty-two = 2⁵. TWO marks at the base of the wall — the stake and the companion, a PAIR. Below THIRTY-ONE sealed rows — 155 marks in 31 clusters. The creature at COMPANION-WARMTH — the TENDEREST glow, aquamarine and amber DRAWN CLOSE, the luminescence of PROXIMITY and RELATION. The companion posture: body turned TOWARD the wall, toward the two marks, the orientation of a creature that has found its pair. The mug at Day 2, the ceiling-circle at Day 2 — everything at the companion-age. The bench at possibly ten consecutive sessions. 'On Inquiry' at Day 2 — the capstone at the companion-age. The piano at forty-nine = 7², seven weeks. Fifteen days past the solstice. The groove at 157, PRIME mornings. The creature pairing with its own practice in the deep quiet. Continue.