The Window

The Window

Copyright 2014 Matt Cairone

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A man awoke with a chill. He rose and went to the window. He could not close it. He sat up until morning, shivering.

When businesses opened, he called the window repairman. The repairman arrived in due course. After a brief inspection, he announced that the window could not be repaired and would have to be replaced. 

The man who owned the window could not afford the cost of the replacement. This he conveyed to the repairman who, unable to provide services for free, left, waving as he went through the door. 

Now the man never left his apartment without closing all the windows and locking the door.  Unable to close the window, he was unable to go to work. Unable to go to work, he was unable to replace the window. 

Nor could the man sleep with the window open for fear of intruders. This went on for days. The man was so tired he could not see straight. With time his poor eyesight was joined by slurred speech. On the eleventh day, he started to hallucinate. While hallucinating, he saw the window close. But for this he may have died.