Today I banished the quiet, from within my noisy kitchen. Not a trivial matter at all, As I pondered the sounds they make, For fruit on the counter to ripen. Apples, pears, peaches, plums, They all laughed quiet, they all played dumb, So placing my hand on a knife so dull, I sliced into that quiet fruit, A quiet that has now been silenced, Within my noisy kitchen.