“OK I’m ready. Don’t move - I’m starting now.”
We look at the moon. I try not to breathe. Every exhale is a chair dragged across a room. My hair falls across my shoulders, a cacophony.
I can hear Clare’s mind throbbing like a dancefloor. The lawn creaks. The stars feedback like live, unconnected cables.
A full minute passes in darkness. He lifts his head to signify the end of the test.
Emptying my lungs, I am all noise. Clare takes a grateful rasp on her cigarette.
“What do you think the reading was? How many decibels are you?”
The answer makes no difference. Clare won a million pounds.
We look at the moon. I try not to breathe. Every exhale is a chair dragged across a room. My hair falls across my shoulders, a cacophony.
I can hear Clare’s mind throbbing like a dancefloor. The lawn creaks. The stars feedback like live, unconnected cables.
A full minute passes in darkness. He lifts his head to signify the end of the test.
Emptying my lungs, I am all noise. Clare takes a grateful rasp on her cigarette.
“What do you think the reading was? How many decibels are you?”
The answer makes no difference. Clare won a million pounds.
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