The Grief

The Grief 
Big windows are nice, but the sun heats up and
the room gets hot up quickly, we need to shut 
the blinds and close for the view of the sea line.
We visited a man who lived alone and he didn´t
want his day changed by us, switched on the TV 
as he always did at noon and we sat there seeing
a program about lion cubs in Africa, giraffes and
hordes of gnus and zebras. 

TV is a great human voice silencer, the art of talk
Is being overshadowed by the visual to see others
act and carry on a useless conversation so we do 
not have to do it. Perhaps the man estimated our
errand, hoped for more time before being told his 
wife had not survived when her plane fell down.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Collins Avatar
February 8, 2014 at 7:19 AM
story of my father. Feels like I was always being silenced.
Hansen Avatar
February 8, 2014 at 10:38 AM
yes they were not good at talking about feelings
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