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Frenetic Apartment Living

by Cathlyn Cartier

Stereo blastin'
eye starts twitchin'
toes are itchin'
as the bass vibrates through the floor.

Tryin' to get a nap in
as dogs start yappin'
at teens gettin' rowdy by the pool.

Headboard bumpin'
causes the walls to start thumpin'
while the neighbor's busy pumpin'
his girlfriend for the night.

09/28/2003

Author's Note: yep, this is about how it is somedays.

Posted on 09/29/2003
Copyright © 2024 Cathlyn Cartier

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by JD Clay on 09/29/03 at 03:48 AM

This is lively stuff, I can relate, Cathlyn. I live near the beach and there is always a party goin' on somewhere nearbye. I like the action, and I am usually one of the loudest. I find the best way to keep them from calling the cops is to invite them over, just don't come empty handed, hehe! Party on! Peace...

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 09/30/03 at 08:34 PM

Lively neighborhood! I recall just enough apartment living that when I think I should sell my house and move into a condo I rethink real fast. When it happens I'll probably go into a retirement center where most are sedate or sedated! LOL! I agree with John concerning the rhyming scheme.

Posted by Max Bouillet on 09/30/03 at 09:55 PM

I hate apartment living! I know what your talkin' about. Great verse that really shows the frustrations!

Posted by Ashok Sharda on 10/01/03 at 02:35 AM

This just isn't the good or bad of apartment living. This is also a question mark on our so called civilization and our subjective angle. How sensitive we are towards the fellow society being.Well, there's a chinese saying, when you are helpless, enjoy it. The last stanza made me laugh.

Posted by Quinlan L Gibson on 10/02/03 at 01:04 AM

the pounding beat of this so compliments the pounding headaches of apartment living. Wonderful job!

Posted by Jeanne Marie Hoffman on 10/03/03 at 01:22 AM

::sigh:: I know exactly how you feel. Except its a squeaky bed on the floor just above me. Oh, and he's a drummer too.

Posted by Anastasia Selby on 09/13/08 at 07:56 PM

yeah, those dang apartments! Good poem.

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