Hotel Delirium

At Hotel Delirium the guests never sleep
some at the excitement of being alive
others at the thought of death that hammers their minds

The fish ponds at Hotel Delirium are full of croaking koi
and frogs that remain silent even at night

The moon reflects in the Hotel Delirium pond
but the surface shimmers and shimmies constantly

At Hotel Delirium there’s no need for wallpaper
the white blank walls are screens for the most
appalling and enthralling hallucinations

Some see God among the branches or pausing by the lake
other are terrified by the spiny and aggressive imps they see
propelling forward into their living space

Hotel Delirium is always booked day and night every
day or night of the year
yet uncannily there’s always room for more and
more always come

Hotel Delirium sits on a haunted hill and tilts at an angle
or rather many angles its gables and turrets and of course
the owls and ravens that abound on its parapets

But Hotel Delirium also abides in sun-flooded kitchens
in rainbow-hued interiors with all the latest gadgets

There’s never been a bomb threat at Hotel Delirium
in fact those who would threaten have a suite
all to themselves

If you wake up at Hotel Delirium one fine day
wake up again
the horses outside the window are not on fire
and the trees are not torches

A Continental Breakfast is served at Hotel Delirium
not for the faint hearted
comprised of world headlines baked in a pie

Check out time is any time at Hotel Delirium
Take your stuffed fish and your violins and the
others of your clan

No one stays forever at Hotel Delirium although
it’s so much nicer to leave on your own two feet

2/1/2005