The Varieties of Silence
 
an interval between notes
the banishment of dogs and phones
the pregnant silence
the angry silence
the absence of human voices
a solitary cell, a padded cell
a space for contemplation
the soothing zone of relief
a time for fright
the anguished emptiness
the unbearable absence
the deepest silence (death) 

Richard Soref

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