Quieting Anechoic Chamber
Janet Kuypers
10/1/21
Once on the job
I had to go into an anechoic chamber
to remove a piece of machinery
You see, this room
had machinery that would test
if something could and would survive in space
They could make
this entire room shake violently
to see if everything inside stayed together
When that room shakes
so violently, there’s a ton of noise,
so they created this anechoic chamber there
This room had all these
devices and slits and shock absorbers
inside it, so all of the sounds just... disappeared
This room had no sound,
I mean, no sound at all. And I had to
go in and remove a piece of equipment once
That work should take about 10 minutes
I didn’t know
what losing one sense instantly
would do, would you feel lost, or panicked
With quieted footfalls
I worked in complete silence, until
I heard my blood coursing through my veins
After just a few minutes
without sound, I mean, almost no sound at all,
I had to get out
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