No More

no more ringing
in my ears always
being Quasimodo
screaming about
the bells

i set my house
phone ring tone
to play a MIDI
Wagner Ride
of the Valkyries

and my cellphone
wake up alarm tone
is Bach's cello
bourree which
peacefully draws

me from my sleep
but the machines
at work later take
over so yelling
becomes

the norm for 
speaking so
now i adorn
headphones
after work

to muffle
the rapid
discharge
of shots
at the shooting

range

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Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 7/17/2019 2:37:00 PM

Brilliant piece. Word perfect. A fave. xomo

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib
Date: 7/17/2019 6:20:00 PM

I beg to differ, I have had perfect moments, perfect cherries, perfect chocolate, now I have to think...

Jeff Connelly
Date: 7/17/2019 3:12:00 PM

Thank you so much Maureen. Comments coming from you always mean a lot since I admire your poetry so much. But nothing is ever "perfect" jajaja.