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Valley Hotel
A moment alone with the
freckled ceiling and
the surreal Hawaiian portrait
on the wall.
Tonight we will explore
the hot tub, the bed sheets
In the morning I will get
real eggs, sunny-side up
While he will get scrambled
egg beaters. My father’s girlfriend
will laugh. My grandfather will spill
his wine. Grandmother has already forgotten.
“If I had my choice, I would
never put on shoes.”
We listen to Hair ardently
arguing the qualities of a “good queer.”
freckled ceiling and
the surreal Hawaiian portrait
on the wall.
Tonight we will explore
the hot tub, the bed sheets
In the morning I will get
real eggs, sunny-side up
While he will get scrambled
egg beaters. My father’s girlfriend
will laugh. My grandfather will spill
his wine. Grandmother has already forgotten.
“If I had my choice, I would
never put on shoes.”
We listen to Hair ardently
arguing the qualities of a “good queer.”
Published 10th Mar 2010
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Anonymous
24th Mar 2010 9:05am
is really classy, and totally pared off all tinsel and speaks so much through its sparse lines.The last two stanzas are real smashers.The line "Grandmother has already forgotten', i dig so much. I love how u tackle a very painful and personal question with such simplicity. The normative and the normal, they rule the world, sadly!
25th Mar 2011 3:14am
I like it, though I usually prefer set lines, the blending of them has a voice all it's own. From one stanza to the next there is a different scene, yet it all comes together, nice.
6th Aug 2011 2:02am
