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Is There Any Escape From Noise

Is there any escape 
from noise?
A crash, a rattle, a spoon in a cup
No rest for the wicked
Insistent buzzing piled up

Blaring horns
Lighted signs
Engines screaming in ears
So many angered red faces
Social media fears

To sit idle and quiet 
Zazen tonic for nerves
An improbable concept 
Driven on life’s oil slick’d curves

To slow
To ponder
To throttle it back
Oh, to step off of pavement
Rip out thick knotted phone jacks

But too much is this burden
Our man made bundle of sticks
Tied up with blood ribbons
Taking selfies for kicks

Not to know is too much knowing
Plagued by asking such questions
Turn thoughts off with pop-ups
Start the binge watching session.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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