2 May 2012
It went quiet. The house settled edgily On council concrete. Embarrassed plumbing Gurgled once, then stopped. I sniffed, The sound not cushioned By flesh or conversation, Burst on barbed seconds.
I did not know what to be. No cause or reason For moods or changes. Happy was as redundant As irritation.
When it went quiet I existed in the kitchen. Couldn't move Or couldn't be bothered. As if too brittle I became overstill.
Discomforted in nothinghood I listened to it go quiet.
The children were gone.
It Went Quiet • Opuss № I