Nearing the End

There's something in the ceiling. No, in the crawl space above the ceiling. A thump. I hear something move once, maybe twice a day.

It started after I had a colossal set of repairs. Insulation removed, termicide spayed, central air ducts repaired or sealed off completely, insulation replaced. The most important repair to me though was closing off the central air closet from the craw space. For 20 years I've been able open the closet that houses the blower unit, cram my head around the green metal tower and see into the blackness above. I always retracted quickly, not wanting to stare. I only looked long enough to recalibrate the true size of the gap. In between visits the gap had a habit of growing in my mind, becoming more threatening. My occasional visited were both frightening and reassuring. It was really only big enough for a large rat to pass at the most.

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