(de)escalation

#(de)escalation

                        a(I)l b fi-
night       (fall on the left
side of the graph—
 
our bodies are bell
curves for whom we to-
il(I aim for the middle;
edges are murky)(und-
0 cause for alarm

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This one is more experimental than usual. Any and all feedback is useful, including “I hate this” (especially if you're willing to say why you hate it).

Would "nightfall" still be clearly implied if I changed "fi-/night" to "fi-/nite"?