Lessons from the Fire: Pt. 2

There's a picture of a burning house on my screen. 

I look closer and count the windows; one window, one unit. 

One, 

two,

three,

four,

five,

six,

seven. 

I can’t find the eighth. 

There is too much smoke.

I can't tell the eight from the seventh.

I count again. 

the last unit in my count has the most smoke and the most blaze. 

Maybe i got the counting wrong. 

Maybe it is eighth that has the most smoke. 

I stand up and move away from the computer then look at the picture again from two meters away.

It is the eighth for sure...

Oh my god. 

nothing looks better. none of them will look better. 

not the sixth, not the seventh, not the eighth. 

Maybe it is not happening.
I count again. I can’t tell anymore. 

Everything is wrapped in smoke.