2:45 am

BANG! John Lyndon slammed his fist into the wall dividing his apartment with the one next door. His neighbor’s heavy metal band was far to loud and it was far too early. He brought his attention back to his computer screen. Like many in the journalism business, he was a slave to his work.

BANG! Next door to Mr. Lydon, a group of ragged men in their early twenties heard the pounding of an iritated neighbor. Feeling they had the right and the responsibility to play their music, which was being increasingly discordant due to the intoxication of their drummer, they began to scream their songs louder than before.

BANG! A teenager across the hall shot down an emeny alien in a video game.

BANG! A mother on the next floorknocked over a garbage can on the way to her midnight snack.

BANG! A real gunshot rang out and John Lyndon ended his life.

2:48 am

All was silent.