It is a little disruptive to wake in a hotel in Kansas
exhaust fan running hard to keep the hallway noise from invading my sleep
but it does anyway
the clock on the microwave not big enough to hold my to go cup to warm the tepid tea
but no matter the clock there blinking as I glance through dry air blurred eyes
11:17
it is not that not
even close I imagine what country or town far far away
the last inhabitant of this two-queen-beds $72 a night room
came from to lay their head and open their dry air eyes to see the time from home
far far away blinking at them a good morning