NOISE

I can’t keep up with the noise

Photograph ©2023 Linda C Kish-All Rights Reserved
The noise is killing me
A cochlear hornet’s nest
Squeezing my head through a sieve
Dogs bark
Woodchippers chip
Leaf blowers blow
Tow truck chains
Migraine pain
I can’t keep up with the noise
This inbox, that outbox
Buzz. Buzz, Google, Bing
TikTok, Twitter, Twatter, fodder, tweet
Network news
Streaming
Binge drop
Couch queen
Scam
Spam
Phishing
IRS Fraud, oh my lord

Disaster deaths
Climate change
tornadoquakes
floodraughts
Blizzalanches
Tsunamicanes
Peddle to the metal, e-bikes
Pilling up plastic cups
I can’t keep up with the noise
Pm Me
Fly a text
FaceTime
Zoom
Ding dong
Ring’s on
Porch pirates
Case the joint
Dine and ditch
Catfish switch
Smash and grab

Street takeovers
Carjacked
Hit, run
Flip off, fuck you
Road rage
Don’t engage
Racism
Prejudice
I can’t keep up with the noise
Protest
Riots
Hatred
Antisemitism
Nazis
Black hate
Jewish hate
Asian hate
Muslim hate
Subjugate
Hate, hate, hate, hate

Duck, duck, goose
Dose, dose, overdose
Middle school Narcan
Opioids
Oxy
Meth, Smack
Fentanyl heart attack
I can’t keep up with the noise
Mental illness
Unhoused
Unaccounted
Unnoticed
Tented streets
The police?
War vets
Soup kitchen hair nets
Battered wives
Broken bones
Kids in tow
All alone

Human rights
Danger, danger
Rape, incest
Abortion
Right to choose
More to lose
Unrepresented
Stomped and stifled
I can’t keep up with the noise
Women
POC
You and me
Indigenous
Lesbian
Gay
Bi
Transgender
Nonbinary
They, them, their
Genderqueer, genderfluid

Money, money
Medicine
Healthcare
Will work for food
Heat, gas, clothes
Financial woes
Water shortage
Fuel shortage
I can’t keep up with the noise
Disease
Alzheimer’s
AIDS
COVID
Cancer
Heart disease
An epidemic
Suicide
Dying, abused
Missing,
Exploited kids

2023 so far
14,000 graves
578 child-sized
School shootings
Nightclub shootings
Office shootings
Mall shootings
Theater shootings
I can’t keep up with the noise
Supermarket shootings
Freeway shootings
Synagogue shootings
Church shootings
Mass shootings
BANG, BANG
Guns, guns
Shootings, shootings, shootings
The noise is killing me
It’s killing you
It’s killing us
And a buried head won’t make it end


© 2023 Mona S Gable All Rights Reserved

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