Raymond Antrobus

died so I looked onlineand couldn’t believe the price

for a new noise, so I boughta second-hand noise, deliverable

and like-new. The noise arrivedon my windowsill

the next day in a box wrappedwith too much tape. I tore

each layer of the sticky plasticlike unwrapping a bandage.

The noise was delicateas a small glass

of steam and ash.The thing I liked most about

the second-hand noisewas how much...