Energy Deflected
redundant chimney pots
………………………………….glitter of photovoltaic
a quiet azalea stutters gently
.
red petals fall
coughing beyond the cluttered aerials
…………………………her Hybrid Yaris battery starts up quiet
…………………lithium cobalt cadmium graphite
pigeon homes in on the lead hopper
………………………………clock strikes eleven
two planes drone over en route to Heathrow
………………………………..breathe carefully
a cirrussed sky covers the high sycamore
…………….his pollarded fists shake in the east wind
……………………leaf buds cry softly
……………the bus grinds to a halt
……………………………….air gives up.
© M. E. Muir
Silence
how do you talk about silence
a long pause
it’s a space cushioned in silk
a sofa stretching to sky
an emptying
morphing to
where
ear plugs like pliers twist out noise
noise is the weeds in the garden of sound
when vibrations hit 20k a second you will hear silence
an absolute
stillness
as the gases hold the magic taut
and my breath sinks into my grounded soles
that evening on the pavement in New Orleans
when Satchmo stopped
the night grew only a trumpet’s perfect sphere
of silence
© M. E. Muir
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