The Everyday Reminder

I'm no electrician
But I split wires
Like I'd do hairs -

First I rip off the cover
Then I pinch each wire
With my fingered nails
And pull
Apart
One by one
The fibres that hold them together,
That electric magnetism;
Then I grab each with a pincer
And choke the end
So that the current remaining inside dies;
Then I tear each from the collected mass,
Breaking apart the harmonium.

I repeat.

Finally, I observe the parts
All assembled for me
By my trusty hand.

Then I remember -
I was building a circuit.