Museum of Sound
What noises should we save
in the museum of historic sounds?
The beautiful calls of song birds
preserved before extinction?
The burbling of gushing streams
before the silencing of drought?
The whispering of rustling leaves
before the susurration ceases?
Yet good vibrations will long abide
in our changing lives. Record instead
experiences that shortly will be lost:
the motor mower on a Sunday morning;
a diesel truck straining with its load;
combustion engines of peak-hour traffic;
the noises powered by fossil fuels
that will soon depart this world.
