Sitting in near silence
A whisper in the trees
The gentle hum of passing cars
The softer buzz of working bees
A distant trilling birdsong
The padding of a dogs paws
The whir of a whipper snipper
As someone mows their lawns
Distant shouts of children playing
At the school just down the street
The dog yawns as she comes up
To snuff and sniff my feet
The tin shed roof is ticking
As it heats up in the sun
The distant wail of sirens
Herald heroes at the run
The buzzing of a fat fly
Swooping ‘round my head
The soft scritch scratch of branches
Rubbing on the shed
The neighbors gate starts squealing
His red ute rumbles home
Reverse signal beeping
A high pitched warning tone
The far off sound of a helicopter
Rotors spinning fast
As a rattling trailer and rumbling truck
Go thundering speeding past
That’s all the sounds I hear
Sitting in a seat
Placed in the sun in my backyard
A sleeping cat beneath my feet
©Aarron Mondello
22/5/2018
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