Day 331 of 2025
“From Blueprint to Spotlight”
diptych, n. /ˈdɪptɪk/
1. A hinged pair of panels, originally wax tablets,
used by Romans to record debts on one side
and credits on the other.
2. Any day that folds in half along an invisible crease—
morning's shirtsleeves becoming evening's cufflinks,
the same hands that drew arrows on glass
now holding champagne they didn't pour.
3. The hinge itself. The taxi ride. The hallway mirror
where you check your teeth and briefly meet
someone transitional, someone neither working
nor celebrating, just moving between rooms.
4. (Obsolete.) A prayer book small enough
to close with one hand.