Silence Costs

Golden silence. Really?

If people want to live

off the grid

the land will cost some bucks.

Cabins with all the trimmings

don't come cheap.

If there's a far beach,

life there might be fun.

Fish better be a number one

treat every morning, noon, and night.

It'll cost a hunk

to travel there.

Neighbors might complain

if all that's worn is a

leaf umbrella.

When the neighbor

complains a jeep

that's noisy

needs a new muffler,

it's gonna cost to give him

silence as a driver heavy-foots it

passed his trailer.

Twenty minutes at the muffler shop

is an easy bill and a half

except for retirees.

The old one had a hole

for five years.

The new muffler

spoke in low tones

that was almost a whisper,

“Silence costs gold, cheapskate.”

Barry G. Wick