The Noise

a poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

The silence in my room
has an enduring hum
filling my mind with speechless dread.
Music help to quell the buzz
but not tango though,
which is the language of conquest, violence
and nightly abuse.
The chamber of my revolver Is empty,
pull its trigger
it clicks six time against my temple
and the hum is cowed
into a mocking whisper.