1.
the rooster’s crowing
was drowned out by the freight train
and ambulances.
2.
with roosters next door,
fire trucks ’round the corner,
who expects quiet?
3.
“extreme ambience”
is what urban dwellers hear
instead of “quiet”
4.
loud days beget nights
that rival the days’ thunder
in sound and fury.
5.
man, it ain’t never
quiet in my neighborhood!
there’s always some noise.
6.
music is my way
of drowning out all the noise
that disturbs my calm.
7.
John Coltrane cancels
both the rooster and freight train’s
disturbance of peace.
Keith M. Kelley | Poet 