Quiet

It’s quiet

It’s nap time and it’s quiet and

It’s taken me almost twenty minutes to realize

That it’s quiet

The three year old is asleep

That’s still normal

The five year old is also asleep

That was normal

Two years ago

Now

It probably means she’s sick

Me

I’m sitting her e

Debating whether I should include

An allusion to the stunning of pigs prior to slaughter

It’s quiet all right

Unnaturally quiet

Way too quiet