Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds

Once

40 Once Once I thought that college would bring a glamorous social whirl, Not a manual typewriter and a rubber plant Acquired via coupon from the Lipton Tea Company. Once I found a young man In my swimming pool, but realized I had been Poorly prepared for frolic. Once I thought my first romance would take place In a chalet, not a motel room sprayed for bugs In honor of our visit. Once I imagined a daughter named Maeve, Not a clinic, a handful of Kleenex, And an uncomfortable ride home. Once I visited the Petrified Forest And was mightily interested by the trees’ Iron stillness. The strange way they left me. ...