The people of the vent <br />Are rude and never clear, <br />Their voices mask confusion <br />Although the coast looks clear. <br /> <br />The people of the vent <br />Talk over one another, <br />Imposing louder voices <br />Over things like generators. <br /> <br />Their audiences are laughing, <br />And their machines are roaring; <br />If I listened all night long, <br />I'd be insane by morning. <br /> <br />But thankfully most nights, <br />I fall asleep by three- <br />And never hear the vent people <br />Still talking then at me. <br /> <br />Now though people of the vent, <br />I'm hearing very plain, <br />I have to make this clear: <br />They live INSIDE my brain.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-people-of-the-vent/
