Poetry: Kay Ryan: Sharks' Teeth

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thanks to ancientreader for turning me onto Kay Ryan.

Sharks' Teeth by Kay Ryan

Everything contains some
silence. Noise gets
its zest from the
small shark's-tooth-
shaped fragments
of rest angled
in it. An hour
of city holds maybe
a minute of these
remnants of a time
when silence reigned,
compact and dangerous
as a shark. Sometimes
a bit of a tail
or fin can still
be sensed in parks.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

That's wonderful.

(Also tailfin).

[ancientreader]

Ah this is great. I get the feeling that even if silence is a fossil it just. might. still be dangerous.

I am super thrilled that the not-Esmeralda speaks to you!