<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530516" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Background Noise</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can't hear the beat of my heart over<br>The mindless background noise of the present.<br>The buzzing hums of endless exposure<br>Disconnect me from myself. I'm absent.<br>I'm an empty shell, thoughts superimposed.<br>My mind is deafened by dross and debris, <br>Glossy detriments just tossed and disposed<br>By some automated machinery.<br>The saturated sounds flood, drowning out<br>My soul. I sink in the ceaseless droning<br>Of modern life. I'm left unable to shout—<br>Lungs bursting—for a trace of meaning—<br>Something with purpose, something dynamic.<br>The response that I receive is static.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530516" data-title="Background Noise de Tim Stensloff" data-description="I can't hear the beat of my heart over The mindless background noise of the present. The buzzing hums of endless exposure Disconnect me from myself. I'm absent. I'm an empty shell, thoughts superimposed. My mind is deafened by dross and debris, G..."></div> </div> </div>

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