Air runs through my ears

For the first time in years

I removed the grimy plastic beetles

that have taken up nesting,

blasting Mood-Booster Hits

and Recommended For You Playlist #1

on the trampoline

at midnight, tired

of blaring euphoria,

I tore them out,

planned to leave.

I stopped

for frogs.

They were singing a gentle hymn,

crickets humming in intertwined lullabies,

sunless sky bright with clouds,

I think, quiet,

I could live without

the help of plastic beetles.

#poetry