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A tiny fragment records the charged moment just before first encounter, as if someone is about to step into a shared scene.

Because it is so brief, the line reads almost like a cue or remembered beginning. Its effect comes from suspension rather than explanation.

A two-line capitalized fragment suspended mid-gesture: 'SEEMED about to set foot on / WHEN WE first MEET.' It reads as a remembered cue or opening beat for an encounter that never arrives on the page - the verb 'SEEMED' and the dangling 'set foot on' leaving the scene unconsummated. Its force is pure suspension.