listening [2010]

click
this is an end     also denoting 
an opening into a circle of sound 
as if silence meant nothing to hear     
or say     click     angles of talking taken away 
from mouths     relocated to later mouths 
gaping in arrival     click     not spilling degrees
to you listening intently for the patience      
later     click     a conversation with static on
static     I ring out a patient chime     
struck like I am at one     the tone degree 
not arrived of any actual hearing     click     
another me pronouncing nothing     
ending spilled nothing     but a denoted     
click