Volume
My boyfriend didn’t like the volume high on my cellphone games,
so he told me to turn my volume down.
He told me to turn my volume down.
I play The Sims, Clash of Clans and Two Dots - with a slight addiction to Harry Potter
Hogwarts Mystery - Proudly Blue - House Ravenclaw! And I suppose the beeps, pops and
fizzes were distracting, to him. So when he told me to turn my volume down, l like a good
girlfriend - I listened.
And I turned my volume down.
And I turned my volume down.
And at first there was no overall change, except that I could no longer hear,
the changes displayed by the pixels on the screen. I didn’t feel the same pleasure from the
games without the beep, boops and fizz, wang-a-loo-loos! In fact, the games were less
exciting, the colors muted and soon, I ceased playing.
Because I turned my volume down.
Because I turned my volume down.
Then he told me to quiet my speaking voice in public; as it was just a little too harsh,
and did I know when I threw back my head and laughed at his jokes others would turn, and
talk? So gee, could I just not be so loud? could I just keep it down? And when I sang joyously
to ABBA, I the Dancing Queen long skirt in the living room, barefoot, long hair, hips swaying,
the notes were sour, my voice was braying, it really hurt his sensitive ears, did I really need SO
much to emote? well…
Since I am a good girlfriend, I turned my volume down.
And I turned my volume down.
Soon, food didn’t seem enticing. Outings just weren’t inviting.
Movies were all poor remakes with no theme.
TV plots were stifling. Conversation par to nothing.
Eventually, even masturbation held no thrill.
Because I turned my volume down.
Because I turned my volume down.
See I turned my volume down, it’s much harder for me to make friends
I turned my volume down, I hardly hear from old friends, My volume is turned down, but
the critical voices inside I still hear, My volume is real low, some days I can hardly leave my bed.
I turned my volume down, but he broke up with me last year.
All because I turned my volume down.
All because I turned my
Danelle Callahan grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania and through gumption and Goo-Gone, was able to leave at her maturity for wider spaces. Graduate of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in English, she matriculated with the keen use of her brains, karaoke and onomatopoeias. Vivaciously curious and a writer from age 9, she has since traveled from the High Mohave Desert in California to the bluffs of Montana, the plains of the Midwest, the oil shores of Texas, and beyond. Published through her college literary magazine ‘The Inkwell’ and via prose in some small regional blogs in the Midwest, Danelle continues to write daily. She is currently producing a poetry chapbook, as well as an urban fantasy novel series.