They found my body at the bottom of the lake. I watched them drag the sandy floor with nets and sonar and scuba divers. So many people had been looking for one person. I figured many of the volunteers did so out of moral obligation but I know others got a kick out of it- out of my death. Nothing ever happened in this town and I was the first to go missing after five decades of peace and quiet and ...

Silence is unachievable. Not just intangible, but heartbreakingly unachievable. There is always the low hum of electricity in the walls. There is always some creek or some shudder. I cannot reach silence. Maybe, the external world will still and hold its breath. What is left? The loudest sound. Louder than any crash, bang or boom. My thoughts will always prevail and they constantly scream and weep...