Silence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder. by Ryan Quinn Flanagan

The uncomfortable silence

is where

I’m at my best.

Talking

is for charlatans

and sycophants.

Admire the man

who can sit in front of you

without a word

for hours.

He is a saint

among the manied tongues

of Babel.

Ryan Quinn Flanagan is a Canadian-born author residing in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada with his wife and many bears that rifle through his garbage.  His work can be found both in print and online in such places as: Evergreen Review, The New York Quarterly, The Rye Whiskey Review, Outlaw Poetry Network, Horror Sleaze Trash, The Dope Fiend Daily and In Between Hangovers.