FROM THE SUNNYVALE MOTEL 6

Hell is clear buildings lining these wide arterials.

Hell is Siri when she’s turned around

and starts to interrupt herself.

Hell is trying to merge into traffic

with a whole sector of society

that live very far from where they work

and even further from where they were born.

Hell is fountains shooting water 
through the night.

Hell is silhouettes of ergonomic desk chairs 
and office plants.

Hell is the empty, clean main street 
where the last old drunk roams, 
pretending to be the devil – boo!

Hell is two people trying to do the same thing

but both looking down.

They crash and blame

each other.