Post-marked: August 17.

Activate your check-in card,
or please leave your room tidy
with your belongings in hand,
for check-out is scheduled at ten.

The maids will come.
They'll straighten your bedsheets
with their utmost precision,
making sure all your tracks are cleared.

You can rate your stay online,
give us and your fellow travelers
a few words of peace and thanks,
yet your work will quickly fall behind.

That is, unless you'd like to renew your key card,
granting you access to your own thoughts,
or the ability to share them, at the least...

I think I'll take the high road;

commence my journey down an untrodden path,
where no friction or fees can stand in my way.
Yes, that sounds about right today.