the radio is screaming the man on the radio will not be quiet he is pushed far into the background while some npr talkers murmur over his screaming he lost something very important he says it over and over but they do not listen they think of their children at home lying in bed dreaming sweet childhood one of them is staying over at a friend's house they are staying up late they never want it to be over not like the man his life on the radio will be the only one he ever has his life it is wasted he's being spoken over such pain is in his voice i wish you could hear it it is something never over suffering everywhere always and over it the same serene murmur of the comfortable distracted or worse looking over the shoulder and quietly looking away