He opened the apartment br door and I went in br and plunged br into an Ocean. My life br went floating by like scraps br of stuff on foam and waves, br some beautiful, some not. br The Silence roared. Don't know br how long I stayed. Back on the street, br old ladies in babuschkas and br young ones in jeans br walked back and forth br like tongues of bells br as snow came down, br the news that Peace br had been proclaimed.