Overhead

When they were young
and always underfoot
they were encouraged
to entertain playmates
in their very own rooms.

     All that noise
     the childish exuberance
     sheer zest for life
     made their parents
     nervous and upset.

Now that the young
are grown and become
nubile they entertain
playmates in those
very same rooms

     upsetting their parents
     making them nervous
     straining to hear
     some reassuring sound
     from the bedroom overhead.