Tag: noise
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One Hundred Years of Quietude
I’m a quiet person. Reserved. Soft spoken, and seldom at that. A result of introversion and a lisp, I suppose. I can’t recall the last time I yelled. I would certainly fail out of primal scream therapy. I even worry about not being able to yell in a time of danger. I fear my idea…
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Balloons and Paper Tigers
Balloons and paper tigers imprison meThey chain me with myFears and failures and tenuous futureTo a life of anxiety and paralysis The growling paper tiger claws at theBalloon wall I’ve built around meThe awful noise of the snarling tigerThe popping balloonsMy own inner screamsStartle my sensesJar me into actionTo replace the popped balloonsI believe will…
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