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"Well, sounds just about perfect then!"

It's getting closer.

Quiet, Please!

I’d like to have some quiet, Please!
That gives more than a moment’s ease.
A silence that assumes control,
And satisfies a troubled soul.

When nightbirds keep their voices low,
And crickets creep upon tiptoe,
When even shadows stay quite still,
And breezes are afraid to spill.

I’d like the sound that someone hears,
Of coursing bloodflow in his ears.
The quiet of the grave, almost,
Without a noisy, wailing ghost.

The roaring of the parkway stilled,
And stillness upon silence build,
The Summer lightning staying dark,
And lovers quiet in the park.

I know what noise is, what it does,
But I forgot what silence was.
If I could have some quiet, Please,
Perhaps at last, I’ll catch those Zees.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . April 14, 2005