Sub-Woofers

my whole body vibrated inside my own house
with no music on, not even the radio,
there was no escaping it, no set of earplugs stopped it,
no burrowing in a pillow or perching on an easy chair,
it was the sub-woofer down the street,
that sleek box inside his house beating against
the floor to accompany the sweet sound of a
trance flute while he gardened outside.
who invented the sub-woofer, the devil
black box whose goal is simply to pound the
bass into everyone's gut.
I sweetly asked him about his sub-woofer
and if his sub-woofer could maybe sub woof
itself to a lower level and thank goodness it
could
I should collect rewards from my neighbors.