silence

silence

no doors banging
no chatter
no yelling
no little paws or elephant stomping
no squeals
no beep bop boooop
no skids on cement
no bounces
no box
no jam
no slam
no icks
no ticks
no tocks

stillness
36 hours

silence

no mom, mom, mom, mom, mom,mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom,moooooooooom
in all of it's different inclinations

stillness
instant
5:10pm

my ears are in shock, like after a long car drive
eardrums: throb, pulsate, numb, fuzzy, swollen

appreciate the noise
of 300 hours