Sometimes —
In a world full of sirens and
clatter,
a perfectly timed silence,
that pause in the chatter,
speak louder
than those injected sounds of
violence.
Sometimes —
In a world full of sirens and
clatter,
a perfectly timed silence,
that pause in the chatter,
speak louder
than those injected sounds of
violence.
A dog raises his head and barks while a man drops his head and shouts.
The dog barks and lifts its head as the man continues to shout.
Near-bye, a waiting car, its engine revs in frustration, the man shouts at
the car.
The dog continues to bark at the man, at the car, at itself.
Then, across the road, a woman, from her house, opens a window, and she
shouts from afar.
The man looks at the woman and shouts while the car engine revs that little bit
louder.
When a child is heard crying, the car then screams with revs while the
dog proceeds to bark at everything.
The woman in the houses’ phone rings. Her ringtone replicates the
the sound of a barking dog.
She answers her phone and says, “Hello?” Suddenly a temporary silence
deafens the neighbourhood; shortly before everybody feels the drum of
mysterious aeroplanes.