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Tone Deaf

Nathan Hoks


 

There is a song I cannot hear. There is a bird I cannot name. There is a spider I cannot catch. There is a window I cannot crack. There is a string I cannot tie. There is a dish I cannot break. There is a hair I cannot cut. There is a book I cannot read.There is a cabinet I cannot build.There is a log I cannot burn.There is a tree I cannot climb.There is a sprint I cannot time.There is a drink I cannot spill. There is a pill I cannot swallow. There is a dish I cannot taste. There is a lemon I cannot squeeze.There is a poem I cannot write.There is a bike I cannot ride.There is a potato I cannot skin. There is a street I cannot cross.There is a bottle I cannot empty.There is a blanket I cannot fold.There is a cast I cannot mold.  There is a lawn I cannot mow. There is an oath I cannot pledge. There is a dog I cannot pet. There is a dot I cannot connect.There is a ball I cannot throw.There is a photo I cannot develop.There is a phone I cannot answer.There is a bill I cannot pay.There is a trick I cannot take. There is a dress I cannot wear.There is a language I cannot speak. There is a wall I cannot paint. There is a finger I cannot point.There is a curtain I cannot draw.There is a ladder I cannot climb.There is a lap I cannot swim.There is a button I cannot snap.There is a hand I cannot wash.There is a wound I cannot bandage. There is a floor I cannot sweep.There is a tomato I cannot slice.There is a bag I cannot fill. There is a branch I cannot break. There is a shell I cannot crack. There is a chord I cannot play.This is a page I cannot turn. There is a rip I cannot stitch. There is an echo I cannot locate. There is a pedal I cannot pump.There is a plant I cannot grow. There is a needle I cannot thread.There is a leaf I cannot burn.There is a donut I cannot dunk.There is an eye I cannot close. There is a wall I cannot raze. There is a channel I cannot charge.There is a city I cannot map. There is a train I cannot catch. There is a button I cannot push.There is a breath I cannot take. There is a battery I cannot change.There is a key I cannot press.There is a lip I cannot lick. There is a picture I cannot hang. There is a record I cannot spin. There is an echo I cannot hear. There is a metal I cannot bend.There is a bat I cannot swing. There is a match I cannot strike.There is a tongue I cannot click.There is a lip I cannot bite. There is a salt I cannot toss.There is an image I cannot form.There is a part I cannot play.There is a game I cannot win. There is a hammer I cannot bang.There is a bell I cannot ring. There is a twig I cannot snap.There is a door I cannot close.There is a craft I cannot board.There is a switch I cannot flick. There is a sentence I cannot complete.There is a cigarette I cannot light. There is an infinitive I cannot split. There is a letter I cannot read. There is a thought I cannot think.There is a sink I cannot drain. There is a chair I cannot rock.  There is a list I cannot finish. There is a dream I cannot remember. There is an air I cannot breath.There is a belt I cannot buckle. There is a hole I cannot dig.There is a question I cannot ask. There is a tongue I cannot hold. There is a fire I cannot start. There is a word I cannot spell. There is a gift I cannot wrap. There is a table I cannot set. There is a candle I cannot snuff.There is a grave I cannot dig.


There is a play I cannot rehearse. There is a party I cannot crash. There is a rope I cannot fray. There is a line I cannot tow. There is a knot I cannot tie.
There is a path I cannot take. There is a net I cannot cast. There is a shadow I cannot cast. There is a keg I cannot tap. There is a school I cannot attend. There is a meal I cannot miss. There is a mix I cannot blend. There is a rift I cannot rend. There is a part I cannot touch. There is a lake I cannot swim. There is a hedge I cannot trim. There is a screw I cannot turn. There is a boot I cannot lace. There is a leaf I cannot rake. There is a child I cannot rear. There is a can I cannot crush. There is a wand I cannot wave. There is a crease I cannot fold. There is a minute I cannot waste. There is a riot I cannot quell. There is a disc I cannot burn. There is a stake I cannot claim. There is a life I cannot live. There is a mark I cannot make. There is a mark I cannot erase. There is a tax I cannot pay. There is an era I cannot end.

There is a muscle I cannot flex. There is a zit I cannot pop. There is a card I cannot trade. There is a number I cannot call. There is a tree I cannot fell. There is a balloon I cannot inflate. There is a first I cannot clench. There is a door I cannot slam. There is a floor I cannot scrub. There is a tank I cannot fill. There is a deck I cannot shuffle. There is a salad I cannot toss. There is a lunch I cannot pack. There is an eye I cannot blink. There is a muscle I cannot twitch. There is a trap I cannot trip. There is a rash I cannot itch. There is a lens I cannot scratch. There is an arm I cannot clasp. There is a dough I cannot kneed. There is a bone I cannot set. There is a god I cannot see. There is a serum I cannot inject. There is a dumbbell I cannot lift. There is a coat I cannot wear. There is a trailer I cannot hitch. There is a piece I cannot fit. There is a voice I cannot stand. There is a mouse I cannot click. There is a web I cannot spin. There is a suspicion I cannot shake. There is a sock I cannot find. There is a coin I cannot flip. There is a document I cannot shred. There is a man I cannot meet. There is a shirt I cannot tuck. There is an ear I cannot pierce. There is a story I cannot tell. There is a sleeper I cannot wake. There is a toilet I cannot flush.  There is a date I cannot keep. There is a tea I cannot steep. There is a signal I cannot receive. There is a file I cannot delete. There is a banana I cannot peel. There is a brick I cannot lay. There is a fish I cannot gut. There is a bomb I cannot defuse. There is a missile I cannot launch. There is a bullet I cannot dodge.  There is an alarm I cannot sound.

 

Note:

An overwhelming number of tones go unperceived by the human sense organs, so we have invented countless instruments—antennae, etc.—to detect and amplify them. In amassing its list of incapacities, “Tone Deaf” acts as such an instrument, a telescope aimed at all that goes undetected, an antenna picking up transmissions of the impossible.