I May Be Silent
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You'd never know it
from my appearance
I look perfectly normal
especially now that I have
a wedding band and
an ever expanding waistline
but inside
this nondescript shell
is a fiery carom game
with waves splashing
and a hurricane in tears and
peals of laughter and
there is always music
in there
loud raucous music
repetitious tuneful
but never silent
and my mind sizes up
each person like a geometry
proof
loading comment and remark
into the chamber
usually trying to be ready
to shoot
with a stylized remark
I may be silent
but everything inside is working
on making connections
and trying to capture
them on paper
before they disappear
shoved aside by the next quick
cluster of facts
occasionally, there might be
an insight
but most often my ideas
are stuck together
with hot glue and chewing gum
made of leftover scraps
lacking formality or legitimacy
like homemade bombs waiting to be
thrown into an unsuspecting world.
from my appearance
I look perfectly normal
especially now that I have
a wedding band and
an ever expanding waistline
but inside
this nondescript shell
is a fiery carom game
with waves splashing
and a hurricane in tears and
peals of laughter and
there is always music
in there
loud raucous music
repetitious tuneful
but never silent
and my mind sizes up
each person like a geometry
proof
loading comment and remark
into the chamber
usually trying to be ready
to shoot
with a stylized remark
I may be silent
but everything inside is working
on making connections
and trying to capture
them on paper
before they disappear
shoved aside by the next quick
cluster of facts
occasionally, there might be
an insight
but most often my ideas
are stuck together
with hot glue and chewing gum
made of leftover scraps
lacking formality or legitimacy
like homemade bombs waiting to be
thrown into an unsuspecting world.