Are you satisfied
Former guest of suite 132?
Your prank worked.
Clever thing, setting the alarm
for midnight.
After early to bed
Two hours of toss and turn
I finally hit my REM.
The clang! A fire? Tornado?
The clock.
Reaching in the dark for silence
Nine minutes later settling in.
Focus on the sheep
Their graceful leaps, their tufts
billowing ... Clang!
In the lamplight I locate the plug
cut off the supply source.
In the lamplight, I'm fully awake.
In the lamplight, I'm fully aware
The Tex-Mex blazes through my gut.
Congratulations!What a prank!
Former guest of suite 132.
“You are what I never knew I always wanted”
12 years ago
2 comments:
Thanks for commenting on my blog. This is something new to me and I think it is cool. Feel free to comment anytime.
I love how the reader gets to be surprised by the prank a few lines into the poem. I felt your pain. Great post--love the poetry.
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