Challenge
Stop right there. Write exactly what is going on around you at this very moment. (Great challenge idea, @MaggieGreene)
Are you looking out your window, or just letting them look at you?
Have you ever turned off your fans,
And your heaters
And your fake fireplace machine?
All your nightly white noise makers,
Things that keeps the air moving?
Have you quieted your breathing
And wore your heartbeat thin?
Have you turned your eyes to the ceiling,
And focused in?
Now listen.
What is that? From outside?
Why has no one asked before?
That loud creaking, far away...
Is that man made?
Or...
Something more?
The discordant, frenzied chiming
Comes and goes so quickly too.
It doesn't sound like music or noises
That could be made by me or you.
That's why at night, you should not listen.
Bodies are the logical sources.
And if you listen to them closely...
Eventually... They'll notice.
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