there are people who wallow

in the energy field of people

strangers colleagues sexmates

they don't know

they simply enjoy soaking up

prattle jabber babbling brook

conversation laughter splash

them glowing

in finery hoping to be noticed

admired applauded better yet

talked about into others night

there are people who demand

other stimulation

then there are those who recoil

from the commotion flinching

shrinking cowering wincing up

from the thought

for those other people are hell