a pinch dissolved on the tongue at noon, taken with cold water from a tin cup. stand for one full minute facing the strongest light in the room. name three things in the order they are seen — a doorframe, a chair, a wall — and say them aloud only to yourself. the powder closes the half-open door between sleep and the afternoon.
ingredients
- cold water, a small cup
- three named objects, in order
- one piece of salt on the tongue
- the long count to twelve
- a clean window
do not take after a vivid dream — let the dream finish itself in tea, in the garden, in the air of the sill.
see also the wake, the noon hour, and — for its twin — the night drops.