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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Sarah Carleton


 

Pin Drop

I wake at five and long for smooth silence
as the AC hums and far away the highway gears up

with cars commuting and semis whining.
Even my ear cavities are not quiet

but whoosh with pulsing blood.
When grainy hush crescendos to phone buzz

and podcasts, I rise to the surface
and hearken to daytime.

Later under closed curtain of night
I set my mind atop a dark hill where

even a meteor diving into a tree line
leaves no trace of sound.