Tagged: noise
between the walls of
between the walls of
our unit, the pipes are heating
up tonight, scatting
a rhythm familiar
only to the oldest tenants
.
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quarter keeping score,
quarter keeping score,
the neighbor and i wake each
other up in the
night, toilet flushing, floorboards
creaking, a simmering silence
.
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our neighbor who gets
our neighbor who gets
up at four a.m. to take
calls with a global
workforce is most likely a
baritone, reaching for our sleep
.
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thirty-odd minutes
thirty-odd minutes
after midnight, the neighbors
launched half-a-dozen
fireworks, determined to
light the way for santa’s sleigh
.
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the first december
the first december
in the new old home, we have
become privy to
the twilight dialogues between
the heat pipes crossing households
.
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every joint is an
every joint is an
imminent reminder of
our fragility –
we swing our legs over the edge,
one of our knees is crackling
.
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the woodpecker in
the woodpecker in
the backyard camouflaged well –
all the other birds
watched, but did not learn, made noise,
but did not drum, tap, nor rap
.
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january is
january is
a hissing radiator,
honing sweet nothings
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: nothings
outside of collecting
on the curb, outside
on the curb, outside
of our window, an idling
truck, predawn, weaving
its big, noisy, trucky dreams
into our great brooklyn ones
.
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