i am amazed there are no misspellings
waiting for my coffee to cool a sip more
and the floating pat of butter to melt
i am waiting on
a paradox
a pair of dice
i type and sit
sip and type
i am waiting on words to come out
paradeux
monkeys with typewriters
we've done this experiment before
the pilot in the breakfast nook asks for boiled eggs
the man in the burger shirt would like to check out late.
a pair of dice
i type and sit
sip and type
i am waiting on words to come out
paradeux
monkeys with typewriters
we've done this experiment before
the pilot in the breakfast nook asks for boiled eggs
the man in the burger shirt would like to check out late.
he's been places
we all can see
from his shirt
with the Burgers that are
first In
then Out
we don't have those down here
then Out
we don't have those down here
and we don't have hard-boiled eggs
either
not this morning.
they were ordered from the warehouse
but never came
she tells him
she is sixty five perhaps
and only another half hour from bed
she greets we stragglers
who have slept soundly under her night desk watch.
i wonder who it is
that isn't there
to greet her at the door,
either
not this morning.
they were ordered from the warehouse
but never came
she tells him
she is sixty five perhaps
and only another half hour from bed
she greets we stragglers
who have slept soundly under her night desk watch.
i wonder who it is
that isn't there
to greet her at the door,
the same nobody
she works night shifts
in this airport hotel for
maybe he left a long time ago
perhaps he recently died
there's always a chance
he never existed
and she has always been
a night owl
maybe he left a long time ago
perhaps he recently died
there's always a chance
he never existed
and she has always been
a night owl
waiting up for him to arrive,
the egg-less pilot stands to leave
and i hope his hands do not fall clumsily
in front of him this morning
and i hope his hands do not fall clumsily
in front of him this morning
due to a lack of yolk
yoke
less
eggyolks
I quietly wish him no misspellings.
as he walks out next to Linda the Lobby Lady
she is now greeted
brightly
too brightly
by the morning staff
those freshly washed faces
brightly
too brightly
by the morning staff
those freshly washed faces
trickling in
with the sun
At the door, they go their separate ways
with the sun
At the door, they go their separate ways
he to greater heights
and she to depths of slumber
godspeed you both, my friends
and she to depths of slumber
godspeed you both, my friends
eggs from warehouses
words from coffee
to go home and
a bit more sleep
we all want something
we
simply
cannot
have
cannot
have
