silence is not an acoustical phenomenon 
  
            silent harmonies: 
three-minute sounds, stationary, quiet, pure waves 
each sound has eight frequencies, each from a different octave range 
  
             
there is silence where depth disappears and expanse emerges: 
on the surface 
  
            in discrete continuity: 
one soud goes, another one comes 
and on it goes, step by step, continuously 
  
             
still waters are said to run deep, 
but in reality it is the imperturbability of their surface 
that impresses us. 
  
            for marcia hafif: 
american painter of monochrome paintings 
  
             
and a quiet person’s silence hides nothing deep - 
it hides nothing at all. 
             
  
             
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