#1334 - now and then I turn on the silence

 

1334

27.viii.23

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now and then I turn on the silence

notes towards a villanelle

for an archaeology of self

 

now and then I turn on the silence

it’s not a thing that lasts

 

things sing

not everyone can hear

over the ghetto blasts

 

things sing anyway

heard or not

 

and where you see the signs of violence

 

we sail without the sails, the masts

 

there’s much life inward of eye

of ear

 

just as soon as was invented

there was this cheering on

questions asked without a care

 

here’s pride, there’s fear

 

things sing

 

now and then you could turn on a dime

 

just look out the journey

must just be from here to there

 

it’s very rare, the silence

to take us out of time