The wind is high, the night is cool, the full moon is fully eclipsed, dark and disappeared in its Umbral Shadow.
Umbra: "the blackest part of a shadow from which all light is cut off."
But curiously, the shadow never stops moving, and soon the skinniest of slivers begins to show the moon's light again. This time, it was 51 minutes of darkness. Umbrage. If we can just feel the quickness of that passage, or the continuity of it, perhaps we can remember, without seeing, that even the dark speeds toward the light. Even the dark is defeated soon.
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I know you're trying to write some moving stuff here. But it's actually called a "Ninja Moon".
ReplyDeleteWhen the moon is completely dark, ninjas rise up from their resting places between the branches of bamboo, or drop down from ceilings - unnoticed and unafraid. This is a very dangerous time for casual night walkers and samurai.
It's probably best if you stay inside, arm yourself with throwing stars and salt. For some reason ninjas hate salt.
Just trying to help clear things up.
xoxo,
Matt
Matt's right. I was out and about ninja-ing around last night, watching the pirates in harbor.
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