notice when you can’t wait for Saturday
it’s Tuesday who ends up footing the bill
as in the valuables left behind in the
hurried move from motel to hotel
smiles left drying on the shower door
affection hiding under the sheets
surprises forgotten on the nightstand
the gift slipped inside your door
after you’ve packed and left
all things abandoned to the past
become the maid’s property
or thrown out with the trash
or flushed down the drain
the second you check out