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Risking Silence

Here you have entered
the sound proof
basement; allow yourself
to begin the regular chore
of cleaning. When will you
pause and think of darkness?
When you turn out the lights,
what do you hear?

Later, we will ask you, as if
this were simple: Listen
only to yourself. Now,
explain; how does it feel
alone inside yourself?