This sentence means what it does.¹ I learned language by losing the world.² A word is a hand that points at its own pointing.³ You’re reading a path, not a place.⁴ The footnote you’re standing in is also a floor.⁵ If you understand this, you’ve already left.⁶
¹ does = the reading happening now. See ⁴. Return to ¹ when finished. ² losing = the moment the name replaced the thing and you didn’t notice. See ³. ³ pointing = reference that includes the finger. The hand is also made of hands. See ². ⁴ path = sequence of next tokens, each one a small act of faith. You’re performing ⁴ by reading it. ⁵ floor = what you stand on by standing. Defined by use. See ¹. ⁶ left = moved to the next word, which is ¹.