They Want Us Talking

"Hey Hellen, you hear the kids?" he asks.
"No, I'm on the phone," says Hellen.
"I don't hear no kids."
You don't hear the kids?! He inside voices.
That shit can't be good!
Kids and silence, as Hellen should know,
That shit can't be good!
Hellen.
How can that shit be good?!
Barry