20:02, mirror hour
Twenty oh-two: 20:02. The two digits of the hour, two and zero, appear in reverse order in the minutes, zero and two. A reversed mirror hour at the start of the evening, when the night is just beginning and the day's obligations have been left behind.
The meaning of number 4
The 4 is a square, four equal sides that don't fall. When your date reduces to this number, the stance that appears is the builder's: the four legs of the table, the four walls that hold a roof, the firm floor under bare feet. You feel it in the body as good weight, the hand that prefers a tool to a promise, the calm of seeing a stack of bricks and knowing exactly what order they go in. The 4 doesn't run. The 4 stacks, levels, checks, and by day's end something stands that wasn't standing before.