WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.920 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:06.280 align:middle line:84% Someone is burning pages of poems in the university's attic. 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:10.200 align:middle line:84% Perhaps as a sign of protest, because the birds 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:12.820 align:middle line:84% keep forgetting the lines of their songs. 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:17.360 align:middle line:84% Now and then, inserting the quivering of wires 00:00:17.360 --> 00:00:21.640 align:middle line:84% or mimicking the rhythm of rattling trains. 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:25.160 align:middle line:84% Or maybe this is the fastest way for silence 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:27.800 align:middle line:90% to reach its recipients. 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.560 align:middle line:84% Silence in which the meanings of all the 00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:33.520 align:middle line:84% dictionaries in the world are hidden. 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:35.760 align:middle line:90% And others, too. 00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:39.920 align:middle line:84% So weightless, so meaningful, this ashy snow 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:41.680 align:middle line:90% outside the window. 00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:43.880 align:middle line:84% It will take it less than a minute. 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:47.450 align:middle line:90% But it will take me an eternity. 00:00:47.450 --> 00:00:49.000 align:middle line:90%