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Tee hee, Doug. I liked the Elecrolux reading. New York was abominable at night not just for its loud noises but for the range and insistentness of clamour. Here in France, at least you hear birds in the morning. Cheers, Bill On Thu, Apr 25th, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I read it first as worrying about the machine... > > but, yes, those little noises can keep a person awake..., in just such a > staccato manner. > > Doug > On 2013-04-23, at 1:20 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > The vacuum created > > by one sound stopping > > fills almost immediately > > with the arrival > > of another noise > > of a different pitch. > > Temporary sensation > > of relief when > > a thrumming aborts > > only replaced > > by anxiety about > > the tone of the next > > that will fill > > the aural lacuna. > > Staccato tapping > > and rattling > > plays on a bed > > of insistent hums > > of varying registers. > > > > Pops and cracks, > > drones, brief beeps, > > accelerations, > > thumps, bounces, > > rattles, flat thwacks. > > > > Consciousness > > played out > > in still keys. > > > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Latest books: > Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962 > Recording Dates > (Rubicon Press) > > Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight. > And still property is theft. > > Phyllis Webb > > > > > > > > > > > > >