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July 2015, vol 11 no 2

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Lynn Edge

What I Don't Want to Hear


I hear birds on my husband’s iPhone in the next room; the click of knives, forks and spoons when I load the dishwasher; the crinkle of a plastic bag; the swish of my polyester jacket. Even a rock under the car sounds like a drive-by shooting.

hearing center
the audiologists shout
at one another


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