A Loud Cacophony
recall the quiet of churches
the precipice of streets
with the spokey sound of bikes
while a parenthesis of quiet
is poked through but not lasting
trucks, trains, fading clatter
not so now
noise moves through and around
and again around
carried in pockets
or hands
or in clouds, somehow––
the world is too loud for angels
Judy DeCroce, a former teacher, is a poet/flash fiction writer who has been a frequent contributor to Palettes and Quills and An Upstate of Mind. She is a professional storyteller and teacher of that genre. Judy lives and works in upstate New York.
