To mark the official end of summer--post Labor Day--here's a little remembrance of a weekend trip to Orlando and might be better forgotten:

The Mildew Motel©

     FM HORNER

They’re off and running

at the Mildew Motel

Animal House

beyond the door

no sleep for the weary tonight

it’s party time on the walk way

over the din, the air conditioner

is running on overdrive

cranking out spores

it goes from zero to Sars in 20 seconds

the back fell off the chair

so, sit on the bed

the headboard’s scorched

must have caught on fire

damn,

now I want a cigarette

can’t leave the room

too crazy outside

sit on the toilet

and run the fan

look in the mirror

my right eye’s swollen shut

must be the mold

exhaled from the a.c.

the room is cheap in dollars

but not so much in life

   (Memories of a bad weekend in Orlando)