CARRY ON TUESDAY
asks us to use this quote from David Whalen
I listen to the silence as you do also
THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
There is no such thing as silence.
If you listen you'll agree.
For there are sounds we do not hear
Or so it seems to me.
I rarely stop to listen
To the sound of breathing in
Though I'm forced to hear the churning
Of the traffic's passing din.
I don't hear my own footsteps
As I walk across the floor,
Yet I'm conscious of the crashing waves
As I wander on the shore.
The ticking of the kitchen clock
Is constant but unheard,
As is the rhythmic chirping
Of some merry distant bird.
When you stop to listen,
As, I'm sure, you rarely do,
You will also hear those 'silent' sounds
And listen to them too.
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UP AND AWAY!
I don't know what it's advertising;
I only know that it's surprising!
Who wouldn't notice this visual joke
With it's happy little airborne bloke?
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