Unsilenced Silence

Fan spinning with an uneven blade Frogs singing midnight serenades Traffic stopping horns blowing Drunks stagger A man yells Watch where your going Horns playing jazz upbeat and in time Smokers chit chatting on balconies with wine The steel mill whistle sounds in the air Pub screams loudly drinking on a dare Coltrane plays on an old 45 Crackling and hissing aged perfect with time Wind blowing across the old chimney pipe Sink dripping not plumbed just right TV just static Pidgeons rustling in the attic Once the city dies down It reminds me it doesn't sleep As the alarm clock sounds I rise to my feet A new day the same city I hurry toward the door Unsilenced silence greets me with a roar