painting the gravel
which unravels,
releasing hisses of steam.

Love it. I'm suprised you spelt 'steam' right, as these days I always spell it 'steem'. But then, I always put little asterisks on either sides of words I want to make italic in WORD, ffs.

My favourite electricity line is Bob Dylans:

'the ghosts of electricity howl in the bones of her face'