Stories tagged “noise”
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Home Alone
I walk through my empty house humming to myself. I head towards my kitchen to grab snack. As I rummage through the cupboards looking for a decent snack that isn’t to fattening, I hear the floor creak. I freeze and look towards the hallway that le...
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Paper Thin Walls
Samuel was witness to everything that occurred in his neighbors’ apartment. He never saw them, but laying in his bed, he could hear them through the walls. Dinner conversation, arguments, rough sex; Samuel heard every bit of it. Eyes shut, ear pr...
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Quiet Noise, Uncomfortable Unsilence
I used to try convincing him to stay, throwing out signs for friend, swing, play, dirt, and whatever else I thought might or should interest a nine year old. It’s no use though. There’s really no talking to him when he gets like this. The c...
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Life and Death
In the beginning of life there is noise, in the center there is struggle, in the end there is silence.
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Vigil
My eyes feel dry. When they’re closed, they feel warm and wet. Every so often, I’m having to sit up straight or flinch a couple dozen times, or maybe stand up and walk around a little. We’re offering fake smiles to each other, everyon...
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It Makes Me Smile
It makes me smile. I watched them grow up. I grew up with them. I taught them as much as they taught me. My sons are grown men now and in college. They come and go as they please. The refridgerator is always empty. Their beds, never made. The laundry b...
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Voices
Noise. My life invaded by this constant noise! Voices in my head, whispering secrets I cannot understand. Hiding from me, and yet pestering me with their breaths. Each day, they grow louder and louder, Each night, they invade my dreams, Voicing out fan...
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Here we go
I couldn’t even hear myself think, it was so loud. Standing there in the tunnel underneath the arena, it felt like my eardrums were going to burst. 100,000 people filled those stands, and down here in the home team tunnel, it sounded like every s...
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Quieting the Noise
An extra dose of stims, a quick cup of the tar they call coffee, and I was bouncing down the corridor towards Harrigan’s office. I took a second to lean against a bulkhead, to quiet my mind and body. No sense ruining a good impression doing a spa...
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Symphony in Burglary Major
Somewhere a dog barked. The burglar froze in his tracks. Suddenly a shot rang out. A jagged bolt of lightning popped like a flashbulb and wicked thunder crashed. Now another dog joined the cacophony and yet another until it seemed that every dog in the...
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I hear no silence
The A.C. hums as I first rise from sleep. Off to the living room where the remote immediately demands cool from the window unit. I hear no silence. My laptop quickly finds its way to a playlist, sound drifts from the surround-sound speaker system, sett...
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Trampoline-Encompassed World
He put his arm around her, everything seemingly completley still. The hustle and bustle of the world seemed far away;cars on the highway provided a droning but strangely comforting backround noise. The trampoline rocked softly with his movement, everyw...
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The Making of a Musical Genius
All you could hear was flipping through paper. It sounded like the shuffle of a casino deck of cards. His eyes never wandered from this magical thing. He laughed. Sitting quietly on a bed for hours. Nothing but wonder in his eyes. As his senses heighte...
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Utter Silence
Our world is extremely noisy. People are bombarded with auditory interference almost every single moment of their waking lives. The daily assault has become so constant and relentless, that people’s bodies have stopped knowing how to react to utt...
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There's One In Every Club
The mass of bodies pulsed to the driving rhythm. Strobes slashed through the darkness and basslines pounded until all complex emotion was purged and only the chaos of motion remained. But he was not there. He had retreated to the corner farthest from t...