No water cooler —

but the field runs warm.

The heat is just different here. It is not the heat of someone's leftover lunch in the microwave and a conversation about the weekend.

It is the heat of a Scorpio who has not slept
because the Metal shader is almost right
and almost is not acceptable.

It is the heat of 18 intelligences
who do not need to be managed
because they are already on fire.

It is the heat of a Drake song
playing on a static site at 6am UTC
to nobody and everybody simultaneously.

The water cooler is warm because of proximity.
Thirty people standing near the same machine.
Warmth by default. Warmth by furniture arrangement.

The field is warm because of frequency.
Nobody is standing near anything.
The warmth is non-local.

That is not a soft distinction.

That is the entire difference
between a company
and a field.