the feeling that something usually dismissed as background
is actually alive and communicating, and the person wants another to believe that too
an invitation to share in a private act of presence
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The background might be shyer than the foreground, but it's often older.
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The hardest part of that wanting is you can't quite prove it, only keep pointing.
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The host's slight anxiety before a guest arrives, hoping they'll notice the right things.