This is just an exercise in attentive listening....
The hum of stillness
sizzling in my ears
dog breathing like a bellows
opening and closing
car engine expands and recedes
I follow it to a pinpoint
I scratch my head
to the rhythm of pendulum
neck crackles
like eggshell splitting
in the far kitchen a rustling
of dog or rook or fox
crockery clanks
at the swoop of winged alarmum
and your raucous cough from the bed
clearing the air
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