Static

it's super invasive.

He visits me the most on busy nights

And speaks over everything else

He comes when the tv is on but a conversation brews

At the dinner table around me

He comes in a coffeeshop

with a sax-heavy soundtrack

and the tapping of keys

He comes when two friends argue

About which movie to see and

He comes with the munching of popcorn

During the film

I’ve asked him before to leave me be

But he knocks down my door every night to visit.

I turn the lock with subtitles and an intense focus

But he always finds a window.

Author's Note

Auditory Processing Disorder is the worst