
At the time, I had still not bought a bed and was sleeping on a thin camping mattress on the floor. Needless to say, this did not provide for the best night's sleep. Early the next morning, after about three hours of sleep and with a vicious hangover, the sounds of ardent lovemaking filtered in through my open window. Being the last dog days of summer, most apartments had their windows open, and the couple across the way was no exception. I lay there and tried to pretend that I did not hear the screams of ecstasy coming from across the way.
These people were insatiable: they had been keeping me awake for at least 15 minutes with the commotion, and had probably been going for at least as long beforehand. And we're not talking about building up to a crescendo either--they were well past it at this point. I was almost back to a state of sleep when I heard, at the top of the woman's voice: