Hearing Things

Lately, I have been

listening to people

and places

people sound like

words and laughter

sneezes and song

places sound like

the hissy fit of the wind

and the fender bending

clash of traffic or

the shriek of cloud

busting jets

and sometimes

I just sit back

and listen to myself

travel through time

like an HG Wells

character

in this soft

in the middle

machine

and I swear

I sound

like a one-monk chant

in a temple

of wonder and doom