# The Witching Hour

**Published by:** [Compossible - that which can live together](https://paragraph.com/@compossible/)
**Published on:** 2024-06-05
**Categories:** poetry, palestinian, children, prison, israel
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@compossible/the-witching-hour

## Content

Who will watch theUnwatched TimeWhen secondsSmearAnd the day Slowly tears Leaking outListen carefullyAnd you might hear:The stripling spirits SuspireAs the freighted minutes Calve and collapseInto the viscous Liquid hourA waiting baiting timeFor law abidingPunctual men Stood poised Ready forThe bitter business (with their tired scissors)Can you hear them?They are coming…The unchilding timeHush nowBe oh so quiet thatYou and I might sleepOur bodies ComplicitSafe in our silenceThe time of fearFor amber childrenCriminals orPre-crimeIf left unarrested Trapped by historyIn the dying hours of the dayThey are Coming outReady or notIt's 2 a.m.Again.Read Part V of Sefirah – Canto for David here:Ark"I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth." (Genesis 6:13)https://paragraph.xyzRead Part III of Sefirah – Canto for David here:KorbanAnother day Wrestling with Godhttps://paragraph.xyzSuggested reading: What Palestinian Children Face in Israeli PrisonsUnder Israel's draconian military laws, Palestinian children are systemically imprisoned. Here's what they face in detention.https://time.comAI generated image, "Hush now"

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