i am awake and so unaware
fans blowing from computers, stovetops,
bathrooms, ceilings,
& engines.
lights blinking from off, to on, then off, on, and then back to off again.
lights in houses, garages, grocery stores, hallways,
bedrooms, closets, caves, refrigerators, under lampshades,
over mirrors and garage doors
above the front door, back door, & side door of my house.
Christmas lights, hanging lanterns and all the other lights...
metal against metal:
buzzing, scraping, ringing, and resonating
on earrings, in the dishwasher, change in your pocket.
clinking chains on a bicycle as the tires rotate,
bells in a clock tower, on a harp, guitar strings & bass strings,
cello & violin.
people clapping their hands
when they're excited
and gasping
out of anger.
snapping their fingers cracking their knuckles
biting
their nails
kneading dough, picking their noses, picking their pimples
feeling newspaper, rubbing their clothing.
stirring
wafting incense, smoking cigarettes, folding laundry.
brushing their hair, petting animals, petting people,
petting themselves
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