About the Cancellation of Noise

There is a humming

like a house

continuing where it left off

as I pull the buds from my ears - 

the fridge and furnace

indistinct

as a murmur of sound

below a surface of water

I've yet to breach.

The sound of a world

as only another world can hear.

The hum for a moment

is as stealth as the ring in an electric sign

on a storefront

only heard at night

like the sound

before a street bulb blows

that was never meant to be remembered,

but is now home

outside of the symphony in my hands

only alive

in the treble

streaming from each speaker

like an old FM radio

as if it was never meant

to be so fully heard,

but with the pan

and the step,

in lockstep with us.

Reviews

[Davidgeo]

I make really strong cannabis butter.

[Throwing Romeo]

Like a secret coded message.

Through the scurry of
more more more.
Drowning out the beauty lost in
the murky silt below.
The cling clang wam bam thank
you ...next.
So little is tasted ,felt or embraced.

Under the covers with a flashlight
and this uninhibited imagination
gearing up for flying dreams...

Clearly hearing the voice coming
from your tower. 
R.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

An interesting write and sort of a scary one. Our friends (my wife's cousin's family actually) woke up one night to a storm and lightning hit their house and the impact threw their TV on the bed which woke them up. Then, there was an awful hum radiating through the walls and they ran out of the house just in time as the whole house exploded! The responding fire dept. and EMS said, well, it's a good thing nobody was home. They were. But thank God they got out in time. We heard a sonic boom here one night I thought and all the power went out. I was running through the house waking everybody and handing out flashlights. Turns out it was an electrical transformer that exploded. But in this day and age, you never what it might be. It always pays to pay attention to your surroundings. Stay safe.