Distribution Circuits

After the diagnostic, the electrician says
       it could be anything: mice in the walls,
cycles of heat, cold, and humidity loosening

the insulation around wires. The age  
       of the house, the time it was built, 
when only knob-and-tube wiring 

was used. One black hot wire and one 
      white neutral wire, kept from touching 
each other by ceramic tubes— How 

are these houses still standing? One 
      afternoon, the ceiling lights flickered faintly, 
then died. A third of the house is only lamp-lit 

now. Ninuno, what message are you
     trying to send from your world to ours?