On Saturday I posted a quip about losing power and a fellow blogger ‘Traces of the Soul’ responded.  She mentioned that it seemed incredibly noisy when the power came back on.  I called it the sounds of the modern world. She thought that would make a great poem. Hers was posted that same day.  It is wonderful!  Check it out:  “Lights Out!!” at Tracesofthesoul .

Here is mine:

 

Whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Beep beep beep beep

“Hey Lady . . . .”

Thrump, thrump, thrump

Faster, faster

Thrumpthrumpthrump

Clicketyclick,clicketyclick

Whee, whee, whee, whee

Whrrrr click

Clunck

“The number you have reached . . “

Listen, listen carefully

Can you hear it?

How can you not?

Whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Screeeeeeech

Ding, ding, ding

Clunck

“Mommeeeeeee…”

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Caw, caw,caw,caw

“If you wish to continue in English press 1 . . . ‘

Buuzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The sounds of the modern world

Never far from hearing

Never silent

Whir, beep, click, ump

Gibberish

White noice

Buzzzzzz

Clickety clack

Shurrrssh shurrrssh shurrssh

Click eep click eep

Whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Whrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

whrrrrrrrrrrr

QUIET!!!

This would never have happened had we not corresponded. Thank you my friend.