[silence]
silence is a rare thing
waiting room hush, the kind that fills
every plastic chair maltreated Hello!
and your mother always talks too loud.
no coughing please.
libraries contain some
floating in the reference room
Sarason, Savickas, Scarr, scattergrams
filters through skin
and the whole day peaceful
slower, no rush.
best is sunlit classrooms
lulls into quiet
uncommon seconds of concentration
and round yellow feeling.
days when the teacher smiles to herself
your conversations overspilling.
soft ticking
train rushing
tree shuffling
silence.