Eating Silence

I am reading about silence…
there it is,
the spaces between the ellipses,
the quiet moments.
Not a semicolon moment,
not an em dash moment,
not a full stop periodic moment.
No.
A full meal of a moment
replete with fine china
and silverware
and a linen napkin with jade holders                                                    and heavy crystal water glasses.
I know this is not the usual way to define ellipses,
but it is my meal.
You are invited to eat
and the only grumbling allowed
is from your gut.
Go ahead.
Eat the silence.

Photo by Phoebe Digges-Elliott