He leaves the old AM radio on all day and night for background noise. Baseball broadcasts, right-wing talk shows, local news, religious programming. The tinny voices coming through the cheap speaker make him feel less alone, and remind him of a simpler time before the world moved on without him.
Ethan Noll enjoys crafting creative and aesthetically pleasing sentences.
Yes, I’m old enough to remember those good old days, when all we had to worry about was Hitler. Nicely crafted irony, Ethan.
As I read this it made me smile, I have an AM radio on in the background.