The missing conductor
May 5, 2015
The trees were filled
with twittering birds
who paid no attention to the mail truck
dutifully buzzing
house to house
along the street,
the way a bumblebee buzzes
flower to flower.
The sound of footsteps
jogged by on the sidewalk
and a plane rumbled somewhere
far overhead
as the neighborhood dogs
exchanged warnings of boundary violations.
In spite of the flurry of vibration
and a perfectly functioning set of ear drums,
she sat in silence,
unable to move
and unwilling to
pretend she could hear
the symphony.
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