suppose that the buzzing is not tinnitus earwax neuronal demyelination damaged blood vessels psychosomatic or finger jammed in too far earbuds too tight music too loud suppose it is a bee a hummingbird the susurration of leaves the slippery hiss of sea foam too much of everything all the time but in a good way a baby waking up the whisper of the universe coming into being every time your eyes open
Tag: noise
less than nothing (20210415)
the noise buzzing
the eternal hum
that is both in
and not in
my ears
has no
resemblance to music
no beat and no accentuated
pitch
if i concentrate
closing my eyes
a sine wave resolves itself
against my eyelids
but this is the invisible illusion
of sound
what is heard is not even
the pressure of disturbed air
Words and Feathers 