Between, adj.
1. The state of a telephone ringing in a room you have already left.
2. Neither the voice nor the silence but the cord connecting them.
3. Of steps: those counted past the number that would constitute arrival, yet short of the number that would constitute departure.
4. The ochre hour. Specifically 12:15, when a day has committed to nothing and everything remains owed.
5. In meteorology: the cloud ceiling that is not rain and not clearing. Wellington knows no other sky.
6. Of songs: the lyric you remember wrong, which is therefore more yours than the songwriter's.
7. The precise weight of a handset in its cradle—heavier than holding it, lighter than throwing it away.