the cavalier hotel 1927

you can barely
fall asleep in
this room that creaks
and moans throughout
the long night.
stretched out and
prone on this slight,
but hard resemblance
of a mattress,
the air conditioning
a constant hum
and rattle as pipes
bend and bellow,
the false cold air
putting a chill onto
your skin, you are
asleep and yet awake
in this old boned
hotel once again.