Summer
***
Hiring new stuff,
Retraining the old
Spring cleaning galore
Fixing and sprucing up
Restocking the supplies
Refreshing all schedules
A flood of reservations
And last minute cancelations
The toilet in room 2 is clogged
The bed in room 5 creaks
The curtain rod in 17 just broke
The Wi-Fi too slow
The mattress too soft,
The mattress too firm
The window doesn’t latch
The air-condition wouldn’t hush
It’s too dark outside
The light comes up too early
The neighbor next door so noisy
What, only twenty channels
No swimming pool
What are we to do
Maybe write a blog
Cause’ it’s rainy all day long
No brown sugar
No bananas either,
I wish there was honey
At least some peanut butter
I’m lactose intolerant
Gluten sensitive too
Where is that damn ice
Didn’t I pay a full price
Couldn’t sleep a wink
That peeping sound got me mad
Couldn’t sleep a wink
The dog next door barked
Couldn’t, yes we know…
Huddled under the blanket all night
The hyenas were laughing in the dark,
I think I saw a mice…
So much nature
Too much nature,
Give me some shopping malls
Forests and lakes and ocean
And ocean and forests
And lakes,
Something interesting for the kids
Maybe a mall
***
The leaves are turning
But it is still raining
How long will it take
Can’t find it on the GPS
Thanks for your hospitality
Motel with such quaint personality
Have to leave, bummer
Until next summer
***
Fall
This is a real corker! The intro to your true-life motel tales. I really am enthused and amused by this.
ReplyDeleteAnd, oh, by the way--nice juxtapositions!
ReplyDeleteI used to try to have a week in 162 devoted to irony, but I could never explain the difference between describing an ironic situation and writing in an ironic manner. It was the latter I was after.
ReplyDeleteYou have it down perfectly. Nice deadpan irony.