Long Night at the Parsippany Hotel

by Peter Murphy

Originally published on February 1, 2001

In this room where the toilet is wrapped with a ribbon, where the refrigerator clears its throat and hums, where the television clarifies the wallpaper, the song of maids making beds lingers into the evening, its refrain all linen and vacuums. I move a chair to the window and watch stars turn over their engines, [...]