The Sheets

A guy is cleaning his 

Hotel room

In Colombo

He’d rather not be here

But he just got back

From a long walk

And so he’s

Reading a newspaper

While the guy cleans

There are a few

Small yellowish marks

On his sheets

Given his food positioning situation

He’s not quite sure

What those marks are

And the guy asks 

If he’d like fresh sheets

And he says yes

And he feels embarrassed

About his loss of control

And the consequences.

Taylor Dibbert is a poet in Washington, DC. He’s author of, most recently, “On the Rocks.”