For at least an hour I stood outside <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Grand Hotel <\/p>\n\n\n\n
High above Scarborough Sands <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tried to assure myself <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That this Victorian pile was not that high <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that if you looked at it mathematically<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then it was no more than thirty feet up <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Room 69 was just thirty feet above this street) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stairs were out a complete no no <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I elected for the narrow lift <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bumpy journey of about forty seconds <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A hop across the abyss (do not look down)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And three doors along was Room 69 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had fantasies of Stella opening the door naked <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her hairy bush on public display <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then lying on the generous hotel bed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With her legs apart waiting for me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I knocked timidly at the wooden door <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which was suspiciously ajar and entered <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was not Stella who greeted me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Frank wrapped in a white towel <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fresh from his morning shower <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sipping from a glass of orange juice <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was my last conscious memory <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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