Wants

A bold appeal.

selective focus photography of giraffe head

Pardon this extravagant request, but a listener grows tired of hearing only what makes noise. I want now to hear what moves constantly unheard. Also, I am tired of speaking in the usual way. I want a word to shatter language, that I may hold the taste of its center against my eardrum.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

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