such silence
after the noise
of the refrigerator
working to freeze water
or whatever a refrigerator does
whirring in the night

making noise
that you don’t realize
is noise

until the click
that turns it off
and then real silence
at 3:25 a.m,

no cars outside
oh, there went one
on California street outside
but now silence again

just the low hum
of nothingness
that makes me wonder
if silence has a sound

oh, there went a plane
I think, something above
it is gone now

and the hum again
no, her breathing
against my chest 

always a noise
to fill the silence
if you really listen