Growl

Right now ,at 2AM , I hear small sounds
Of AC’s whisper and a human body here

Making sleep sound in room’s darkness
Beside me under a rapid eye movement.

Cage’s 4’33” included a piano not played
For precisely that much duration of time.

Was that like a white painting of nothing
In hall surrounding with human sounds?

Is there thing like listening to the silence
Like for instance bird’s cry in nearby tree

Even growl from my own stomach below
Striking my ear in sudden attentiveness?

(John Cage’s 4’33” musical performance says silence is music if only one attentively listens )