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RADIO SIGNALS
by
Michael
Keshigian
Expressed as
tinnitus
most professionals
profess
is a ringing in
the ears
induced by stress
and a number of
other
environmental
tendencies.
It’s said,
rambunctious
mechanisms
and music too loud
can destroy the
drums
in the ear canal,
ingesting caffeine
is a culprit as
well,
its special buzz
instigates the
ears
to incessantly
trill
a variance of
frequencies
very high to low,
white noise or
static
is the common
explanation.
The more
sophisticated
prefer to refer
to the affliction
as auditory
acuity,
much above the
norm,
an ability to
detect
signals and radio
transmissions
of interplanetary
discussions,
meant for only few
to hear,
with discourse
duly noted,
received day and
night,
lengthy conversations,
concerning
universal plight,
divulging
invaluable insight
when the messages
are decoded.
Michael
Keshigian is the author of 14 poetry collections and has recently been
published in the Comstock Review, Young Ravens Literary Review, Studio
One, Smoky Quartz, and Jerry Jazz Musician. He has been
nominated seven times for the Pushcart Prize and three times for Best of The
Net.
KJ Hannah Greenberg is eclectic.
She’s played oboe, participated in martial arts, learned basket
weaving, and studied Middle Eastern dancing. What’s more, she’s a certified herbalist,
and an AP College Board-authorized teacher of calculus. Her creative efforts have been nominated once for The Best of the Net in
poetry, once for The Best of the Net in art, three times for the Pushcart Prize in Literature for
poetry, once for the Pushcart Prize in Literature for fiction, once for the Million Writers
Award for fiction, and once for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the
Art of the Essay. To boot, Hannah’s had more than forty-five books published and has
served as an editor for several literary journals. Check out her latest short fiction collection, An Orbit of Chairs: https://www.amazon.com/Orbit-Chairs-KJ-Hannah-Greenberg/dp/B0CWMMM73T Within its pages are two tales originally published at Yellow Mama: "Alive Another Day" and
"Light Notes." Channie's new art book, Life's Colors, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGCTHJ6Z, just launched (hit "read
sample" button). It contains images originally published by Yellow Mama.
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