the Gideon Bible in the drawer

one by

one, they arrive at night.

the cars

pull

into the gravel lot

of the midnight

motel

down route 5,

outside

of town.

before the road divides

and takes

you to the Pacific

Ocean.

married

men

married women.

unsatisfied.

one arrives before the other

and sits

on the hard

bed awaiting

some semblance

of love

and affection.

they wait and open the drawer

to pull

out a worn

but dusty Gideon's Bible.

they look for

a line to save them,

before there's a knock

at the door.