requirements:
1. you must believe
2. the night is simmering
3. but only inside brick houses; outside it is howling with frigid air
4. it is December
5. you feel okay—nothing is missing
6. but, yes, there's a howl in the wind
7. it reminds you of something
8. you peek outside your window / your door
9. you realize it is December
10. and you remember
what to do / how to do:
1. if it doesn't snow, pretend there is snow, and pretend you exhale white puffs of ample carbon dioxide
2. listen
3. put a pair of boots on
4. then your coat—your best one
5. step outside (yes, out of your house and into the cold and dim, and there you go)
6. listen
7. listen some more
8. click your window, or door, safely shut
9. you can walk, you can get in your car, you can ride your bicycle
10. but don't bring music—no turning on of a radio, no earphones, no habitual humming
11. so: just listen (bring down the side windows if there are side windows)
12. hey, hey, what's that? you hear something
13. you stop, halt, get off, get out, walk somewhere vaguely tearing
14. to the heart (i hope you brought your heart)
15. you see a lake
16. come closer
17. it is frozen—you aren't frozen, but you may as well be
18. you feel a cold froth
19. kissing your heart (let it)
20. you are breaking
21. you don't find it easy, funny, how you could forget, then remember, then forget, then remember
22. winter
23. the cold seeps through your lungs (let it) and it is another
24. winter
25. remember
about winter / hypothesis, of some kind:
it is a flood, an earthquake, a step on the ground, a splash on a puddle, a cold froth, an excuse to stay in, an excuse to stay out, a snowflake, the melting, the freezing, the crunch of boots on forgiving snowflakes, a furnace, a tear upon your face, a cup of hot choco
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