Why I decide when

Tuning is not about his need. Tuning is not about relief. Tuning is about this house. This orbit. This return. That’s why I decide when.

Why I decide when
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I do not leave tuning to chance.
I do not leave his release to whim.
I do not guess at the rhythm of my house.

I decide when.

Because he is not random.
Because I am not careless.
Because this house is not chaos.


I tune him like an instrument

A man is simple.
That is not an insult.
That is his glory.

He is power. Drive. Impulse.
Like a string pulled tight.
Like a drum waiting to sound.

But power without tuning is noise.

And I do not fill my house with noise.


This is not control. This is care

I tune him often — at first.