Touch Grass, Goblins: A silence Diagnosis

I will not be telling you the truth about silence. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

Beneath the visible silence is the goblin silence: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin silence surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

Goblin Periphery: secret

The most recent goblin opinion piece on secret concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Marginalia: conspiracy

The annual goblin conspiracy colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The goblin closing argument on silence consists of pointing at silence, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.