So Done by Bryon D. Howell Do you have any idea just how loud silence is can be and is now? I'm afraid to talk to myself. I'm afraid the whole world will hear. I refuse to breathe too deeply because I don't want to startle the cats. Even the pen is making too much noise whispering to this clueless sheet of white ink jet paper. The fan is on. It's humming like radiation. The stuffed animal I never gave you is laying on its side on top of the television. It's been like that for about four months - since before the holidays. It suffered a meltdown while trying to reach the bomb shelter - in the sock drawer. Bryon D. Howell USA Bryon D. Howell is a poet currently residing in New Haven, Connecticut. He has been writing poetry for a great number of years. Recently, work of his has appeared in poeticdiversity, Red River Review and The Quirk .