Inside the bulb the father spoke.
He was repeating everything he’d ever said throughout his life now once again.
On a tiny panel in the bulb’s interior, LCD nodules tallied each word, how many times.
The top ten words:
WHAT
NO
NOT
HELLO or HI
(HIS NAME)
PLEASE
SON
OUCH
OH
GOODBYE
The father’s voice splashed off the metal, right back into his face.