{"id":9945,"date":"2020-07-28T01:04:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T01:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/?p=9945"},"modified":"2020-07-28T06:36:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T06:36:49","slug":"turing-test-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/anatomy-of-silence","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Anatomy of Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do I accept from this silence,<\/p>\n<p>this silence that lacerates peace,<\/p>\n<p>this silence, anathema to bliss,<\/p>\n<p>this silence, frenzied like an addict<\/p>\n<p>deluded about cocaine &amp; clouds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This silence, pensive, dramatic<\/p>\n<p>amping tension, wrecking intention,<\/p>\n<p>this silence, violent and vicarious,<\/p>\n<p>this silence between two lovers &amp;<\/p>\n<p>two phones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This silence seems to say something,<\/p>\n<p>my bunny ears cocked at the angle of a<\/p>\n<p>murderous gun,<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t hear you<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t hear<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I listen for silence,<\/p>\n<p>the rub of nappy hair on metal,<\/p>\n<p>the rub of stringy beard on brass.<\/p>\n<p>I listen beyond this silence<\/p>\n<p>to the tragic music of indifference;<\/p>\n<p>If victory invites ululation,<\/p>\n<p>why must silence seek its own company?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know comfy silence<\/p>\n<p>plush like Persian rugs &amp;<\/p>\n<p>burgundy ottomans,<\/p>\n<p>silence cut with the finesse of<\/p>\n<p>affluence. Silence that<\/p>\n<p>accounts for itself.<\/p>\n<p>Silence that touches itself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know post-coital silence<\/p>\n<p>spent bodies in repose,<\/p>\n<p>the plop of a weary heart<\/p>\n<p>buried so far deep in a rack<\/p>\n<p>of ribcages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know the silence of old couples<\/p>\n<p>sashaying in the wind,<\/p>\n<p>cloth hems fluttering,<\/p>\n<p>holding hands &amp; each other&#8217;s lives<\/p>\n<p>with a gentle grip calcified<\/p>\n<p>by church blessings &amp; offsprings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know the silence of flailing love<\/p>\n<p>Its complacency trudging with egg-shell caution<\/p>\n<p>I know the silence of sibling rivalry,<\/p>\n<p>knotted by mother&#8217;s love<\/p>\n<p>&amp; cord blood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know the silence that precedes sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The dip into unconsciousness,<\/p>\n<p>neurones decelerating,<\/p>\n<p>activating dreams and slow waves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have learnt the lofty lesson of silence &amp;<\/p>\n<p>its kinship with patience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The gap between<\/p>\n<p>two songs on a playlist is silence.<\/p>\n<p>The lacuna between two rising voices is silence.<\/p>\n<p>The response to unrequited love is silence.<\/p>\n<p>A mother&#8217;s call of an errant child demands silence.<\/p>\n<p>The gaps between prayers is silence.<\/p>\n<p>The hallmark of a graveyard is silence.<\/p>\n<p>And the nature of silence itself is stillness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tell the tranquil waters about silence<\/p>\n<p>Tell the aftermath of a reverberating echo<\/p>\n<p>about silence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tell silence about silence and silence will be<\/p>\n<p>its response. But where do I hold this silence?<\/p>\n<p>How do I fold it into a flotilla of origamis coasting<\/p>\n<p>on the bayou?<\/p>\n<p>This silence, vibrant &amp; elusive<\/p>\n<p>it begs to be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>But how do I accept this silence?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anatomy of Silence &nbsp; What do I accept from this silence, this silence that lacerates peace, this silence, anathema to bliss, this silence, frenzied like an addict deluded about cocaine&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-style\" href=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/anatomy-of-silence\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anatomy of Silence - Ake Arts &amp; Book Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/anatomy-of-silence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anatomy of Silence - Ake Arts &amp; 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