Silence aloud

There are three types of silence:

the first is when there is

nothing to say

and the next is

to say nothing

and both are said here

in the third type

which is writing words

for her

though she’ll never read them

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Writing’s an attempt

to apologize for not knowing

what to say when

you need to say it

like pulling a knife

and not using it

but instead looking at the point

that reminded you of an edge

of a pen

when you wrote a fight scene

on paper that is cut by

and into you

until something else is,

like the other knife

that lets your material

breathe a little.

It makes for

good writing

but

bad living.