"Relax, " said the night man, "We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"
Hotel California ~ The Eagles
There are too many waitresses
in hell, the beck and call, never seem
to get it right, tenders of a menu
that eyes read, but never accept,
“It is what it is.”
It’s not the ladies’ fault the greasy
walls wreak of rehab, and gluttony.
Everyone who takes a seat at a half wiped
table is nursing an addiction of some sort.
Truck stops at the end of the line
rarely see diamond desperados, because
those types like to spend their plastic
where their Prada doesn’t stick to the chair.
None of the ink and pad women volunteered
to be called the queens of bad examples or
should I say calloused assumptions.
Each one has a dream, a heart, a hope,
a circumstance they want out of, and
an eye on a view that isn’t in the shadow
of the Hotel California.
©Susie Clevenger 2024
"...that never accept 'it is what it is.'" I don't accept it either. The lines about sitting at a half-wiped table, everyone having an addiction of some sort - so true, Susie. Your pen is inked with power.
ReplyDeleteThey're really actresses. Seriously, waitressing is damned hard work, just as working in a fast food place is. Most of the types who disparage such work have never done it and would fold inside of a day if they tried to.
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