I am not real to him I am a snot or a shadow. He is lurking waiting for my mistake. He is on the defensive hearing from me what he produces in his imagination. He already knows what he's going to answer before he finishes speaking. I am the alpha problem and the omega problem, the closet cuckoo and the recess conflict. Welcome to the production of images made by average listeners who will never take over the active role they occupy in the communication process. Listening is the human ability that allows us to produce the first senses of language. Don't come to me now with your zarazas, he tells me, because he knows that night is coming.

We spend half the day trying to replenish the taste of others.