In Bed at the Beach

I listen for it breathing,

as soothing as a kitten's purr.

But it has retreated now,

and all I can hear

is the mechanical snore

of the refrigerator, 

and, when that shudders to rest, 

a vaguely electrical buzzing 

which could well be the actual 

movement of current 

through the embedded

lines, it is that quiet.