Is there perfect silence?
A truism of the meaning?
In a noisy bustling world?

A baby’s cry?
Music on every corner?
Cars & trucks & motorcycles and trains?

A footstep in a rain?
A chattering t.v.?
A dog barking closely?

A teapot’s shrill whistle?
A jet plane in the sky?
A banshee’s cry in the forest?

A salamander on a rock?
An eagle’s hunting cry?
A wolf howling in the mountains?

A meditation 100 
miles from anywhere in 
an empty sage desert stillness? 

A fly buzzes in my ear.