Standard (EADGBE)

Hotel hobbies padding dawns hollow corridors

 Bell boys checking out the hookers in the bar

The tell tale sign of the last cigarette marking time in the pockets as the

whisky sweat lies like discarded armour on an unmade bed

 And a familiar craving is crawling through his head

 And the only sign of life is the ticking of the pen

Introducing characters to memories like old friends

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines

New shadows tugging at the corner of his eye

 Jostling for attention as the sunlight flares

 Through a curtains tear, shuffling its beams

 As if in nervous anticipation of another day