A Colossal Shadow

I scrambled in from the cold twilight and hauled myself straight onto the polished mahogany desk, lured by the warm gleam of an emerald banker's lamp. Stage lighting primed and ready! Grasping the heavy brass rim, I threw my weight backward to swivel the glass shade upward until the golden bulb glared straight at the plaster wall. Aha! A towering, three-foot-tall silhouette leaped across the wallpaper, instantly mimicking every twitch of my fingers! I flung both arms skyward in an enormous, dramatic bow, shaking with silent glee. Who needs a crowded grandstand when my own gargantuan shadow can swallow an entire room?