A cloudy day here threatening rain But it is soft and quiet Well, almost..... The sounds of the trash men on their rounds, the kids down the street playing and laughing, the squirrels chattering as they chase each other around the cottonwood tree. But overall, they are just background noises and there is a certain kind of quietness in the air. There are far-off sounds of the first Saturday Civil Defense siren, the whistle of a train, the bark of a dog. There is the whir-buzzzz of a jar-fly as he rubs his legs together foretelling the coming of frosty nights. Next door the neighbor is firing up his lawnmower. I can hear the wall clock chiming ten, the click of the coffee maker as it stays warm, the hourly news on the kitchen radio coming on with its three notes. These are the sounds of morning. Sounds of everyday life, Sounds of peace. © By susi (Texaswishr@aol.com)