silence.
i answer your
tight-lipped disapproval with
eternal
silence
as you parallel yourselves in slow-moving
rows these few minutes feel
eternal
and silence
composes my complacency.
your thick-skinned composure
eternally
silent
while the assessment
continues to
eternity
silently
rests in the seconds between
sound when we validate silence and
return to eternity.
– Amanda Deboer Bartlett
