

Green light Full bars
Battery charged
Everything works
The fridge is humming
The router blinks
The elevator
Still knows my floor
The tap runs clean
The lock clicks shut
My calendar says
I’m doing enough
The train arrives
The card goes through
The screen says
Everything’s good
So why am I standing
In the kitchen At 4:02?
Nothing broke
Nothing burned
Nothing disappeared
That’s what’s
weird
Everything works
So what’s wrong? Everything works
All night long Every light is on
Every wire is live
Everything works
So why
Don’t I?
The package came
The rent got paid
My passwords
Still remember me
The office door
Recognized my face
The coffee machine
Knew what to make
No alarms
No red lights
No reason To complain
I stood under perfect water
And forgot
Why I came
Nothing failed Nothing stopped
Nothing fell apart Except—
Works
Works Works Works
Fine
Fine Fine Fine Working as intended Working as intended Working as—
Restarted the phone Restarted the router Restarted the laptop Restarted the car
Stood in the dark for thirty seconds Turned myself off and on
again
Nothing changed
EVERYTHING WORKS THE DOOR THE CLOCK THE SCREEN THE LOCK
EVERYTHING WORKS THE LIGHT THE LINE THE WHOLE DAMN SYSTEM
WORKS
So what’s wrong?
Everything works So what’s wrong?
Everything works And carries on
Every light is on Every wire is live
Everything works Everything works
Everything—
System status:
Normal.