Vox Dei in circuitu
Windows closed midnight hum
City sleeps the code stays dumb
Air gapped rig the power cut
Still the speaker whispers what
Cached emails load a line
I never wrote in future time
Hands off keys the cursor moves
Something wears my typing grooves
Ping the dark return the sign
Hear your name across the line
My breath pulled back through time
Who’s the host when the house is cold
Who’s the voice on a speaker old
Black room bright reply
I’m not alone I don’t know why
Listen cut resume
Silence cut boom
Ezra cut answer me
Waveform draws a heartbeat clean
Two full bars of nothing in between
Starts again in a borrowed pace
Not my rhythm not my face
Unpowered cone residual charge
Ghost of sound grows strangely large
In the hall a floorboard cries
My own voice says open rise
User Ezra Lee status isolated
Mic live power off
Echo path external temporal drift plus ten
Threat model self reflection active
All channels merge
You’re not alone Ezra
Check the door no one there
Still my breath across the air
Future email hits my phone
Tell Mara where to end the tone
I read the line the clock reads wrong
Ten minutes early twice as long
If I answer who replies
Me or black host in disguise
Who’s the host when the house is cold
Who’s the voice on a speaker old
Black room bright reply
I’m not alone I don’t know why
Record a note if I don’t send
Time will fold and signals bend
Leave it playing leave it warm
Let the future match the form
Door latch clicks my name again
Open up I count to ten
I turn the knob to prove a lie
Only static answers hi
Who’s the host when the house is cold
Who’s the voice on a speaker old
Black room bright reply
I’m not alone I don’t know why
Ego sum qui sum