self

Squeech. Background noise pervades televised sports, its high pitch grinding at my inner ear bones. Shaboom. Eeep. Whrr. Car radios, electronic signals, exhaust fans--life's daily din raises the irritation. Whaack. Fluorescents slam my pupils open. Tick-tock. Minutes sift from my hours, progress slipping like sand through my fingers. Meager accomplishments pale in contrast to those…