The click of a light Hard cover scraping Against a shelf And other books Creaking of the spine As it is opening Rustling of paper Movement of pencils In a wire mesh case Dry lips licking A graphite edge Before scratching out Of letters dragged Across rough paper Sighs of frustration Scribbling out errors The clock still ticks As finger nails itch Chin stubble Lead shedding again Until a sigh is released Chair creaking leaned back Rattling as pencil is sent home Slamming book cover Eased back on to shelf Flick of the lights switch Giving space back to silence
Today’s poem was inspired by a musical number, 4’33”, I learned about.
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