• Midnight Shower

    She wanted a shower
    To wipe away the day - busy and worthless -
    Get rid of it.
    Back at the hotel room, late at night
    The silver faucet from the shower
    Held her naked reflection
    In its temporary grasp -
    The lights began to flicker
    On, off, on, off, dancing in her eyes,
    Flashing until she nearly fainted -
    Then they stayed dead.
    A definite sound of glass hitting
    the floor, in a small musical shower.
    Everything was silent for a moment,
    A minute, a lifetime.
    The light began burning brightly,
    Hotter and hotter until her eyeballs scorched
    She squeezed them shut
    Get out get out get out
    She wrapped a thin towel around her waist
    Scrambled out of the room
    A note kay on the creaky bed
    Written in childish scrawl -
    "You've been warned," it read
    She gasped, turned around -
    Drew in her last breath
    Then hit the floor with a
    Definite, permanent thud.
    In the bathroom,
    the shower kept running.