Liminal

To the scientist: ecotone

Transition zone between habitats

field and forest

fresh water and salt

sea and sky

by definition

richer than each zone alone

To clock watchers: Twilight and dawn

transitions between day and night

shapeless blurs that

defy precise timekeeping

time to go home?

stay longer?

rise and shine, or slump and refocus

Edward Hopper's

"Early Sunday Morning"

hour imprecise

while sleepers dig deeper under covers?

or wash up reluctant to leave for church?

or awake waiting

for the first Sunday paper customer?

Liminal space:

sink through this 

where there is

neither here nor there

in nor out, up nor down

nowhere to go nor stay

wondering: is there a next?