retention, n.Definitions

Retention (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the just-past still held in hand, slipping below the level of presents; with each new moment the layer of time between us thickens.

Retention (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an absolute right: it would be absurd to doubt that what I find "still" there when I glance back — that it was a sound, not a colour — ever existed.