"Nobody even noticed," the voice laments.
Occasionally, a sensible voice laments that people are starving in the world, or interrupts to point out: 'This is a lot of bollocks.
Which is why I was dismayed to find only a single voice lamenting the absence of Robin Cook from the Telegraph's compendium, the author many crime fiction aficionados, myself included, believe to be the "Godfather of Modern British Crime Fiction".
Upon the announcement that the baby's eyes resemble Jackson's, a voice laments, "oh no".
A former Massey miner's recorded voice laments Blankenship's union-busting ways, which eventually shattered and reduced the once-heroic United Mine Workers to a tiny corner of influence: "We had to produce to keep our jobs".
As the chorus of voices lamenting the latest drop in the dollar suggest, it may well be time for Americans to emulate the ant.
In the 1700s, established New England ministers were voicing laments not dissimilar to his as they were dismissed in droves by churches preferring more accessible, populist preaching styles.
And on stage, Mnouchkine's aesthetic has changed: instead of extrovert theatricality, what we get is a sober mosaic of voices lamenting cultures and countries left behind.
My social media sites are full of friends decrying anti-Muslim sentiment, planning interfaith vigils to commemorate September 11 that include Muslim leadership and voices, lamenting the nasty turn of the nation towards bigotry and exclusion.
It is the gradual admission of vulnerability amid the cacophony of vulgarity and rant that weaves an oddly attractive thread through this, which keeps the ugly ugly, while revealing the human struggle within, a poetic voice, a lament and a hope for something better.
