I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.

——Raymond Carver

my human noise

“Human Noise” has been selected for publication in an online magazine and will not appear here again until after that. Keep an eye out for the link to the piece!! if you’d like to know more about me, please email me at taylorhickney at gmail dot com.