hotel hilton

with little laminated notes
throughout the room saying,
'hey, we use a lot of water
and if you hang your towel
and don't leave note 2b on
your pillow they will not
be washed and/or changed'
i hung the do not disturb
sign on the door handle
and on second night, i
had a voicemail saying
'hey, if you want room
service just call.' or
something similar i
didn't write it down
exactly - to try to
remember it at a
later date (now)
(how) i can poet
-i(r)c
-ally
render
it

hotel hilton with
a book about the
founder of the
company atop
the bible in
the drawer.

before i left
i did what i've
done in what rooms
i've been in over the
last few years - mark
a few passages in
the bible with
pen asterix
** next to
matthew 24
wondering
who will
come across
the books
first &
what
they
will
do
with
it

hot cold ac
and i didn't
steal any towels
(mostly in part
because of all
the freakout
laminated
notes about
how much they
cleaned and
how unenviron-
mental it was
to do such for
everyone all
the time) but
i did take a
small washrag
to wrap something
in - they slipped
a computer printed
receipt under the
door because i
hadn't used a
credit card
to sign in
for
incidentals
as they called
it - phone for
$1/hour he said
but it was actually
.10 cents an hour
according to a-not-her
laminated note next
to the phone.
only second floor
so not a decent view.
oh well. sleep.
wash. listen.
sleep. wash.
listen.
leave.

thank you.