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On Silence, and Other Furnishings
Published on February 11, 2026 • by August Reinholt
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The Verse
A clock, ticking.
The soft settle of wood
adjusting to its own gravity.
The radiator's patient sigh.
Silence is a room
you furnish slowly,
not a room you enter.
It is the company
in which nothing is asked.
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Arthur Pendelton3 days ago
“This pairing moves me in a way I cannot quite describe. The photograph matches the silent spaces of the second stanza perfectly.”