hers is the only voice you can hear
when their room is below you
and they are having sexual relations

against much softer thuds:
-oh?
oh yeah-
repeated.

dull and
without standing
-oh?
Oh yeah-

I am not shamed
though I do know shame
the sounds are too quiet

to cause alarm or
to flush my face
-oh?
Oh yeah-

unlike the air vent on the fridge
progressively more clogged
sounding towards a crescendo