Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Deafening Silence

It was heavy, a brain fog
cloud
It was another being
whose breathing I could feel
but not hear

Downstairs I opened the fridge
but didn't find anything to
appease my fickle
stomach

I went to turn on the
radio
Was the dial broken?
No music would play
What happened?

Then I turned on the TV
I could see basketball 
players dancing around
the court, shooting
basket after basket

But I didn't hear their shuffling,
I didn't hear the crowd reacting
to the each of the points they
were making

I shouted but I couldn't even
tell if was really shouting
or just viciously yawning?

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