rumpled beds

cleaning notes off my phone
I thought this was a poem.

now it is.

lukewarm coffee in the lobby
greeted us at midnight.
quartered, stale, doughnuts
instead of fresh baked cookies
gnats in the room,
rumpled beds, 

no easy chair,
and a table that rocked...
Unevenly.
Carpet stains, hairs in the tub,
styrofoam cups,
and an over-chlorinated hot tub.
College weekend
jacked the rates up
$130 more than usual.
That’s a lot of cookies.

Janine Phillips
September 26, 2016