There are days where parakeets won’t stop squawking,
monkeys are rattling cage bars like tambourines,
chatter and laughter from hyenas is overflowing,
elephants have expanded from trumpets to brass bands,
pythons pay xylophone across giraffe necks,
riverdance is hammered out by gazelle,
hippos have taken up a baseline that’s rattling my bones
while lions sing tenor like a welsh church choir
and all at once sound becomes this physical thing
battering me in submission.
This zoo inside my head doesn’t know silence,
it doesn’t even know quiet or tempered or hushed,
all it knows is the racket
threatening my eardrums from the inside.
The one that won’t stop despite my screaming
despite my pleading.
It doesn’t understand that all I want
is for it to stop.
Written For The Daily Prompt: Zoo
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Carol J Forrester is a writer and a history geek. Her debut collection 'It's All In The Blood' came out November 2019.
She has a 2:1 BA degree in history from Bath Spa University, enjoys judo at least twice a week, and tries to attend poetry events around the Midlands when she can.
Her flash fiction story ‘Glorious Silence’ was named as River Ram Press’ short story of the month for August 2014 and her short story ‘A Visit From The Fortune Teller’ has been showcased on the literary site Ink Pantry. Her poems ‘Sunsets’ and ‘Clear Out‘ were featured on Eyes Plus Words, and two of her poems were included in the DVerse Poets Pub Publication ‘Chiaroscuro’ which is available for purchase on amazon.Her poem ‘Until The Light Gets In‘ was accepted and published at The Drabble and her poem ‘Newborn’ was published by Ink Sweat & Tears.
She has been lucky enough to write guest posts for sites such as Inky Tavern and Song of The Forlorn and has hosted a number of guest bloggers on her site Writing and Works.
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