there is a room in minnesota that is so quiet
you can hear your blood trickle through your veins
no one can stand it, but I wish I was there
to hear my body shut down
here is a liver
here is a lung
here is the panicked thrum of a heart that is dying
here is the piss and fuzz of the brain
realising it is alone
what does hope sound like?
is it the sound of a sunbeam?
thanks hazel. while i do like the rev of an engine, i can confirm its a sunbeam from the sun!
This is a poem. Thank you. Last two lines turned the whole thing around for me (or is the sunbeam a motor bike and I've got it all wrong?)
All is clear Stu thanks. The last two lines are paramount to the mindset. In the UK there is similar facility, can't tell you more but cameras have shown it on telly. I loved the fact that Harley use it as a test centre. Bollocks to that - give me the old leaky exhaust sound of a triumph anyday.
Good that you have redeemed the site albeit briefly.
Ray
hi ray!
its an actual room. the quietest in the world.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/orfield-labs-quiet-chamber
Hi Stu. A sort of forensic sense pervades. Don't know where the Minnesota ref comes from but the power and the glory tell their story. Hope all your projects are ok. Ray by
quite accidental i can ensure you!
hope your well martin glad you liked the poem
Another winner Stu. Good to see your post. I noticed that you have some rhymes in this one which is unusual for your good self.
love it
Martin
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elPintor
Sun 27th Jan 2019 18:46
I considered moving to the twin cities, Minnesota, but thank goodness I didn't. It has a booming tech industry, but the hell-on-earth-cold of the US midwest winter is like a cyclical death sentence to a seed that's just begging to thrive.
And, yes, hope is the sound of a sunbeam when it's 30 below...