[Stylist] Stylist Digest, Vol 231, Issue 3

[Sylvia Reid]

I like the poem, and the advocacy having slept on just such mattresses and pillows.
Sylvia Reid, NFB of DE affiliate President 

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>   1. poem (Ann Chiappetta)
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> Doubletree by Hilton
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> or
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> Four dinky pillows for the bed
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> By  Ann Chiappetta
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> I thought the suite would be opulent 
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> The King  bed 
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> A sultan's  necessity  for sleep
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> An Enviable, blissful transom    
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> Whisk Weary  bones   beneath duvet and anticipate the soft
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> Pillowed  plumpness  cradling my head
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> My cranium  flattens cotton puff pastries  instead
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> WTF I say and inspect the offered spread.
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> I discover Dollar store purchases within
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> A  pricy three-night stay
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> shall we be complacent?
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> elect to ignite our  inner Karen  and  
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> shout of the injustice of dinky pillows -- 
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> it insults  our guesthood 
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> In the prone position
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> these little nothings  make no difference 
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> Another thing about these pillows is their identity
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> Are they feather and down or 
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> microfiber  polypill or some 
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> hybrid of all of the above
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> I can't figure out which one or  which combination 
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> They're like a generic of generic of generic 
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> I've taken to putting a sofa cushion behind me instead 
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> I am not Karen and will not stay there again.
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> Post a thumbs down on YELP while 
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> reclining on a 
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> Too hard king-sized bed
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> In a too large corner suite
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> With too many little pillows for sleep.
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