set a line of type in a cold composing stick. see how it traces along your palm, along your forearm. know that it enters the bloodstream by running alongside your veins. the lead lets you give in to language. each lead or slug gives weight to language. the residue of a word is evidencing itself upon your fingertips. the structural sound of a word clicks into a space as if always reserved for this place. it is disorienting to leave language so quietly.