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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmBDnKRIGSU

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There aren't a lot of windows in this room -  
not much in the way of vantage, 

of perspective or of

purview. 

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Somewhere in the corner

a baseboard heater vibrates - 

electrifying my periphery 

with an itchy, artificial heat.

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the amperage is too high

and the wiring is probably faulty.

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As I go to leave

the door handle sticks a little,

bites its own mechanism, 

refuses, momentarily, to turn. 

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just a cold lock

on an old, old door.

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I jimmy it for a second, lift slightly 

on the hinges, 

leverage my weight 

against its teeth. 

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There's a short, relieved laugh

when the bolt finally goes, 

when my boot-treads find 

the threshold and

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the room starts to fade 

from view. 

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funny, 

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if I hadn't known better

I might've mistaken it 

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for a cage. 

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