Silence is always here and everywhere;

sometimes we simply hear it more clearly:

fog covers the meadow, the barn door is open,

a redwing’s singing over there, a white

moth circles incessantly around the elm branch

and the branch itself is still swaying imperceptibly

against the background of the evening sky.

The dusk robs us all of faces and names,

only the difference between light and dark remains.

The heart of a midsummer’s night:

the old watch on the desk

is suddenly ticking so terribly loudly.

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