Not sure what i'm doing

i don't mean like absolute silence. obviously in an ideal community, there would still be sound and noise from people and music and work etc. but it haunts me that when i camp in the forest i can hear the howl of semi trucks on the interstate miles away. and the people who live beside it never know quiet. it haunts me that many people will live their whole lives never seeing the stars in the sky that were fully visible with NO electric light pollution as recently as my great-grandparents' childhoods.

so much of our lives is bright bright unnecessary noise. neon mcdonalds signs 200 feet in the air so we can see it from the road. led lights over billboards. parking lots lit up like sports stadiums at closed office buildings. advertisements playing at gasoline pumps. streets lined with led porch lights and decorative garden lights that genuinely threaten entire species of wildlife. music blaring outside pharmacies to deter homeless people. everything always shining and wailing for no purpose but profit and cruelty.

nothing but serpents

hollow - empty - writhing -

• Simple sentence One independent clause. Example: The door slammed.

• Compound sentence Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction. Example: The door slammed, and everyone turned to look.

• Complex sentence One independent clause + one dependent clause. Example: When the door slammed, everyone turned to look.

• Compound-complex sentence Two independent clauses + at least one dependent clause. Example: When the door slammed, everyone looked up, and the room fell silent.

• Short punchy sentence Very brief for emphasis. Example: He froze.

• Long flowing sentence Multiple clauses that create rhythm and momentum. Example: As the wind pushed against the old house, the door slammed shut and echoed through the empty hallway.

• Fragment (intentional) Incomplete sentence used stylistically. Example: Too quiet.

• Question sentence Used to create curiosity or tension. Example: Who left the door open?

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• Action-driven sentence Focuses on movement. Example: He spun around as the door slammed.

• Internal thought sentence Reveals character perspective. Example: That door shouldn’t have slammed.

• Parallel structure Repeats grammatical patterns. Example: He listened for footsteps, for whispers, for anything.

• Sentence with interruption Uses dashes to break the flow. Example: The door slammed—loud enough to make everyone jump.

• Sentence with a list Stacks details for impact. Example: The slam echoed through the hall, the kitchen, and the empty stairwell.

• Sentence starting with a dependent clause Creates suspense before the main action. Example: As the storm grew louder, the door slammed shut.

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• Rhythmic repetition Repeats words for tone. Example: Slam. Silence. Then footsteps.

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