There was a Box fan that stayed in our open window
Anytime it could be heard as the humming would flow
Throughout the house, you could feel the breeze
Humming a familiar tune but on no particular key
The sound would emanate throughout the house
at night when we were in bed quiet as a mouse
The sound was soothing and comforting to my ears
When I turn one on today, it takes me back to those years
The box fan was what kept the house cooled down
In many a window today, the box fan can still be found
So often modern conviences can be a thief. In houses where climate control is there to make comfortable not a window one is opened. Possible ones health won’t allow it. Or the fear of getting ones home broke into. Times have certainly changed. I also remember the box fan in the window. Mine was in the east window. Even to this day my circumstances allow me to open my window. The night is filled with the sound of the fan but also the sounds of the night in the country side.