Wednesday, 6 May 2020

A Poem a Day (136): The whirr (in and out)


The whirr (in and out) 

It’s waiting
As I turn off to sleep,
The incessant whirr
Of the machine,
An unplugged living
Thing

Growling,
Bigger than itself.
White noise chuckling,
Sucking in and out,
A chasm of grey
Pumping

In waves,
Growing pregnant
With repetition.
It crawls the walls,
The out closing in,
A low vibrating
Rhythm.

It’s just the sound
Of the world
Resetting itself.


Copyright Vickie Johnstone, May 6, 2020


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