appreciate the silences
Jul. 19th, 2004 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishShouts and Murmurs: the obvious-in-retrospect follow-up to the Cheney incident. "As a quick-thinking senatorial aide switched on the Senate's public-address system and cued up the infamous 'Seven Minutes of Funk' break, Mr. Leahy and Mr. Cheney went head-to-head in what can only be described as a 'take no prisoners' freestyle rap battle."
It's silent in here.
There's no whimpering from the living room. There's no barking like mad and collar-jingling whenever someone comes to the door. No "I need to go outside" whining. No toenails clicking on the hardwood.
A grapevine wreath hangs on the front door, a black ribbon wrapped around it. There's a beanie-baby bear angel inside the wreath holding a well-worn dog collar. The space next to the piano is vacant, the dog kennel having found a new home somewhere else.
I went into a house, and it wasn't a house.
It's silent in here.
There's no whimpering from the living room. There's no barking like mad and collar-jingling whenever someone comes to the door. No "I need to go outside" whining. No toenails clicking on the hardwood.
A grapevine wreath hangs on the front door, a black ribbon wrapped around it. There's a beanie-baby bear angel inside the wreath holding a well-worn dog collar. The space next to the piano is vacant, the dog kennel having found a new home somewhere else.
I went into a house, and it wasn't a house.
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Date: 2004-07-20 04:46 pm (UTC)heya.
hug.