Eight hundred dollars in acoustic foam and she defeated it,
In a single evening, I repeated it,
To the contractor who said that is impossible, she is one woman,
I said she is not an ordinary human.
She is a force of nature with a throat made of industrial speakers,
The foam absorbed maybe ten percent, the seekers,
Of quiet in the adjacent units are still suffering,
She came through the soundproofing like buffering.
Soundproofing budget, I have spent two thousand trying to contain her,
Soundproofing budget, I cannot restrain her,
Voice with money or materials or any known technology,
Soundproofing budget, the ideology,
Of a quiet apartment is incompatible with her existence,
Soundproofing budget, no resistance.
I tried the foam, I tried heavy curtains, I tried rugs on every wall,
I tried playing loud music through it all,
Nothing masks her, she is louder than whatever I deploy,
She said stop trying to muffle my joy,
And spend the soundproofing budget on a better mattress instead,
Soundproofing budget, better a louder bed.