And no one dared

And no one dared

Disturb the sound

of silence

No

"Fools" said I,

You do not know

silence like a cancer grows

Hear my words

that I might teach you

Take my arms

that I might reach you"

But my words

like silent raindrops fell

And echoed

In the wells

of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming

And the signs said,

"The words of the prophets

are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

And whisper'd in the sounds

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