It took forever for the hot water to get up to my room

It took forever for the hot water to get up to my room

A Poem by nj coleman
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inspiration can come from the most mundane things. Not getting hot water for about 3 minutes brought out the Holden Caulfield in me. I'm not kidding. It really did. 😉

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It took forever for the hot water to get up to my room 

Every hotel I get a room in the hot water takes forever to get to me

I'm not kidding 

And I'm on like the 3rd floor, not the 12th or the 32nd

The hotels I stay in don't have 12 stories 

and they definitely don't have 32


But the view was ok

The roof of the lobby had a lot of things going on

Like big fans and motors and pipes

And a lot of water in a big puddle

All the hotels I stay in have a lot of water in big puddles

They really do


But the girl at the check-in counter really knew what she was doing

She checked me in real quick 

And she was friendly

Most check-in girls are not friendly at all

They act like you're a inconvenience to their job

Which is checking people in to the hotel

Check-in guys too


But when they're nice it makes everything seem not so pointless 

I hate it when people treat you like you're standing in a shadow,

like you're invisible

It makes me feel like they can't see me

It really gets annoying after a while

Like all they see is a big fan and a lot of water in a big puddle


It really does

© 2025 nj coleman


Author's Note

nj coleman
inspiration can come from the most mundane things. Not getting hot water for about 3 minutes brought out the Holden Caulfield in me. I'm not kidding. It really did. 😉

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Added on April 2, 2025
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Tags: holden caulfield, catcher in the rye, j.d. salinger

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nj coleman
nj coleman

Route 66, IL



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A Poem by nj coleman