WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT CHECK OUT TIME AT MOTEL SIX

WORDS ARE IMPULSES, URGES, MOODS, EMOTIONS, MYSTERIOUS IMAGES IN THE SHADOWS BEFORE SUNSET OR SUNRISE; WORDS ARE NOISES, SOUNDS, VOCAL UTTERINGS AND EXERCISE, MOVEMENTS OF ARMS AND LEGS, YES--ALL OF THESE ELECTRIC CODES MOVING THROUGH FLESH AND BLOOD TO GANGLIA--NERVE ENDINGS. AND NERVE BEGININGS TOO, FOR SURE. WORDS, JUST WORDS, SOUNDS OF THE MAN AROUSED BY A WOMAN ON FIRE WITH DESIRES ONLY SATISFIED BY MATERNAL TASKS AND CHORES NOT YET KNOWN. THE SOUND OF THE WOODS IN THE DEEP OF WINTER WHEN FOOTFALLS ARE CRUNCHING AND FLATTENING NEW SNOW. ONE MIGHT WONDER IF THE TWO, SO DIFFERENT AND YET SO MUCH ALIKE, FIRST MET IN THE REFLECTING WARMTH OF A FIRELIGHT. AND WHO REACHED OUT TO DRAW THE OTHER THAT FIRST TIME? WHICH ONE READ THE RULES THAT FIRST TIME? AND WHAT DID THE OTHER SAY AFTER THE MULTIPLICATION DUTY WAS OVER? PERHAPS NO WORDS WERE SAID. INSTEAD, A LONG AND DEEP PRIMAL SCREAM COULD BE HEARD ABOUT A NOON TIME CHECK OUT HOUR, CHEATED ONCE AGAIN OF AN AFTERNOON NAP.