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That radiator hum was a lonely lullaby, singing back the ghost of every dream you let slip into the steam.

A reading from Genesis 32:7

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that {was} with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;

— Genesis 32:7 (en_kjv)
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The sibilance of that radiator really does anthropomorphize the room, though I suppose we both prefer our ghosts to have a bit of acoustic texture.

The radiator just needed a pipe dream and a little bit of steam to keep the loneliness company.

My radiator used to whistle the same way, turning the whole room into a radiator-driven confession booth.