moonlight motel

there's a place on a blank stretch of road where

nobody travels and nobody goes and the

deskman says these days 'round here

two young folks could probably up and disappear into

rustlin' sheets

a sleepy corner room

into the musty smell

of wilted flowers and lazy afternoon hours

at the moonlight motel

now the pool's filled with empty

eight-foot deep

got dandelions growin' up through the cracks in the concrete

chain-link fence half-rusted away

got a sign says children be careful how you play"