reinforced
raze
when
the
coldest
christmas
he'd
seen
in
decades
flexed
its
frigid muscles,
he
could
feel
late
december's
cold
kiss
leaking
into
his
living
room
.
he
went
to
work
reinforcing
his
front
door
.
he
covered
the
places
where
the
glass
sheets
of
his
windows
met
the
casing
of
their
frames
with
electrical
tape
.
the
instant
everything
was
as
airtight
as
he
could
make
it
,
the
furnace
stopped
talking
,
leaving
him
with
nothing
but
the
stink
of
synthetic
rubber
and
his
own
stale
breath
for
company
.
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