When the event (of the century!) is broadcast live over that television network
There is a slight
time delay
Between "live" and "live,"
And so when the man with the bad hair makes that crowd gasp and cry
It cascades over the country's airwaves like cathartic tidal waves -
A ripple through the minds, a bomb blast, a stone dropped in a pond -
Cascade away from the Cascades to the tip of Maine.