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| Civil Twilight in Manhattan |
It is so cleanly between two things. So present in its liminal nature. It feels like water starting to tide. This is probably why it has a history of being "magical" or "important".
In Hinduism it is advised not to eat in this time period as the Asuras are most active at this time in their battle with the Devas. To gain power from mutability seems incredibly useful.
There are three kinds of twilight: Civil, Nautical, and Astronomical. Civil twilight is the period after sunset when things are still fully distinguishable by the naked eye, it is also called the blue hour. Nautical twilight is the period after Civil twilight when sailors can still distinguish a horizon to take measurements for position at sea. Astronomical twilight is the last phase, it is when astronomical readings can begin. When the faintest stars begin to show through the skyglow.
Cockshut is a very old English word for twilight. It literally means - the time chickens go to sleep, when they shut up.
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Cockshut
Everything is the color of things going to sleep
and that one vein in your arm that pulses under the pillow.
In the whitespace between rooms a filament
a gap
passes unnoticed — one single silk thread of breath.
Opposite of a rooster call — a moisture
sliding down a single finger of grass.
The walls grow pine needles — cooling cooling
cooling
gently — now — not so gently.
and that one vein in your arm that pulses under the pillow.
In the whitespace between rooms a filament
a gap
passes unnoticed — one single silk thread of breath.
Opposite of a rooster call — a moisture
sliding down a single finger of grass.
The walls grow pine needles — cooling cooling
cooling
gently — now — not so gently.
