EVERYTHING WORKS
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—
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?
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.