Thanks for coming by to play!
We just launched the update that includes the ability to hide the text box (by pressing the h key) AND to the ability to skip (we added a button but you can also still press CTRL). The update also keeps track of the endings you unlock going forward so if you want to come back and play through it to see the other endings hopefully it'd be a more user friendly experience!
Oh oh and when you're collecting those items there's also a very pretty inventory screen with new descriptions for everything as well!