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Sound Screens

June 12, 2012
By AudreyM PLATINUM, Delaware, Ohio
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AudreyM PLATINUM, Delaware, Ohio
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"I exist as I am, that is enough." -Whitman

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I make voices from
the white noise,
let them entertain me.


They are small and
cunning and say great
large things into my
ears. Slumped in the
grasp of industrial
chairs, I am hugged by
itching polyester.


I make these sounds
speak, so I don't have to.
They have taken my words,
I give them away
and sit with chapped lips
in the air conditioning.


Sound Screens I have parted,
twisted into human form.

© Gianna V., Sewell, NJ

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About those little white-noise machines.
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TickTockBANG SILVER said...
on Sep. 5 2012 at 5:43 pm
TickTockBANG SILVER, Botkins, Ohio
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Honestly, I have no idea what a white noise machine is, but I like the concept of taking noise and making it voices, so I really like this poem :) It's short and sweet, not overbearingly detailed.