This is the power
of silence
it makes the other party
stall, guess, speculate, fidget
the longer
the more effective-
he's left dangling
as he waits and waits
at his watch he looks
and is close to the expletive
he begins to doubt himself
unsure whether to stay
or move away-
' Will some words
this bloke say,?'
Silence-
the punishment
the torture
the despair
( 'This guy
is a tough chestnut!')
An hour goes by
' I give up-
on account
of him
I'll not die!'
complete silence
but for the caw
of a crow which flies by......