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+%title Miscellany
+
+!{In *Civilized Beasts 2016 Edition*}!{In *Eigengrau*}
+
+'''
+The dogs assure me:
+There are volumes of meaning —
+Life and death —
+And time;
+Past, present, future —
+In the scent of a rotting fish left after the flood,
+Or a trace of scat,
+Or the coyote, long passed,
+But not everyone reads poetry.
+
+I’m not so lucky, all told:
+The rich scent of meaning —
+Heady, intoxicating —
+Rises only from words
+And the way you rest your hands on the table.
+'''
+
+-----
+
+!{In *Eigengrau*}
+
+'''
+The eighteenth whisker on the left is brown.
+    I know this after countless nights awake
+beside you, watching every quiet breath.
+    You puff your whiskers out on every yawn.
+On longer work-filled days, your whiskers wilt,
+    exhaustion softening your features, sleep
+exerting subtle gravities to lead
+    you to oneiric seas and dreamlike sands.
+I know this after countless nights awake.
+    I know, I know, it's strange to watch you sleep,
+but when I can't, to know that someone can...
+    at least it somehow lets me rest in turn.
+When I lay beside your sleeping form
+    I know there's rest to still be had for me.
+'''
+
+---
+
+## Liminality
+!{In *Eigengrau*}
+
+'''
+A year starts not on January first.
+    The days may hunder but the seasons speak
+of time's long march, of fast time, slow time. Thirst
+    for "start" and "end" neglects the limen sleek.
+So, why do some unsubtle sciences
+    forget about the in-betweens? Those pure
+uncolored dreams made mere contrivances;
+    "between the years" now simply: "year, then year".
+These rough mechanics, held unseen, can spoil
+    the beauty of our silent spaces, take
+from us the liminality, embroil
+    our lives in cold and tired minutiae.
+        Come sit with me, come stay with me inside
+        this place between where strange new loves abide
+'''
+
+"So, what does it mean?"
+
+She shrugged and sipped her tea. They sat together in silence for a while.
+
+"There's something about the liminal that terrifies me."
+
+<p style="text-align: right">"Me too," she said...</p>