[h1]Mosey's Palace Series[/h1]
[hider=Room 123]
[b][u]Room 123[/u][/b]

The door jingles a bell as you enter
Here in the lobby at the very center
You'll find a door to the left and right
A staircase ahead that ascends out of sight
The tile floor is old and missing pieces
The yellowed walls hold termites with leases
A single light flickers overhead
At least it doesn't smell like something long dead
Through the door to the left is a hallway with doors
A wrinkly red carpet runs ahead on the floor
Mostly dark in here save for one light
There far ahead almost out of sight
You look down at your key
A faded piece of leather stamped with '123'
In this spanse of darkness is your room
But there in the dark could also lie your doom
One step, two, three, six, nine
You desperately scan room numbers on down the line
A wrinkle in the carpet catches your foot
You stumble, stumble, stumble, like a galoot
Fallen facedown, you scramble and claw to your feet
When your eyes look ahead your heart skips a beat
Against the distant light a silhouette appears
It opens a door, enters, and disappears
The door isn't closed, left open for you
As when you arrive you find you are who the room belongs to
It's dark inside but enter you must
You gulp, thinking 'It will be fine, I trust'
Your feet cross the threshold into the gloom
As a voice shrieks out certain doom
This is my, my, MY ROOM!
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[hider=Crooked Teeth]
[b][u]Crooked Teeth[/u][/b]

I awoke one night to a persistent noise
A grinding sound that only annoys
It was the tenant above me on the second floor
An elderly man long at death's door
How unlike him to make such racket
So I grab my slippers and don my jacket
Out to the lobby and up the stairs
Down the hall to the old man's lair
At the door I pause and have a listen
Bothering the man causing indecision
Through the door I hear it still
The subtle sound of a grinding mill
A couple knocks and I beckon to him
"Sir, it's late. Could you quiet your din?"
Quiet ensues in the wake of my call
Was there need for me to be there at all?
I start to leave but a voice calls to me
"Come in here. Quick! Come in and see!"
I wonder if the man is possibly ill
Maybe he's fallen or needs a pill
I open the door which was left unlocked
I enter the room with an urgent walk
Stopping short as I slip on black residue
I nearly fall on the couple from room 202
They stared up at me blankly, eyes long dead
Only now did I know to begin to dread
Footsteps approach from a room in the back
I try to crawl away but traction I lacked
The floor was covered in a viscous goo
That now prevented me from bidding adieu
To what presently appeared from around the corner
The elderly gentleman: a vision of horror
His limbs were too long, his neck overly extended
His mouth opened beyond where it should have ended
But worst of all were his crooked teeth
Stained black, out of whack, a wicked wreath
They stacked together in a vicious smile
As the man approached saying "Won't you stay for awhile?
My teeth are crooked from grinding up bones
Of men and women in my neighbors' homes
The couple there are both past their due, but you,
With you there's much yet I can do...."
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[hider=Room 202]
Room 202

The sun wanes to golden embers
Over a road that very few remember
A car travels the path long and winding
Over desert hills and sand that's blinding
By and by a sign reads at last
"Rest stop ahead: Mosey's Palace"
The travelers agree--it's getting late
Best save their adventures for a later date
Cruising into town in search of a palace
What they find seems more rugged and callous
A two story building with a wide, peeling face
It couldn't be said it didn't have space
Worn yet pristine in a used sort of way
High end or low: neither could say
Parking the car and grabbing their bags
A long stretch and a sigh as their posture sags
Fatigue weighed heavy as they approached the door
One tug, two, three and a few more
Were they closed? No vacancy? Surely not
How could they fill up such a large plot
Then a click from the door as it opened so slightly
"Must've been stuck." his wife joked lightly
Whatever the case, they were in at last
Into the lobby they moved quite fast
The tile floor was so retro and old
The walls may have once been painted gold
Hard to say in the current state
Well, at least it should be an affordable rate
Approaching the counter, he rings the bell
While they stood and waited, a silence would swell
A couple more dings in rapid succession
But no one showed, making them question
Just what kind of place this establishment was
That the staff would be AWOL without cause
They looked every which way but saw no one
Reasons to stay had just become 'none'
But just then as they were making ready to leave
They spied a key on the counter ready to be received
He picked up the key and studied its tag
A worn piece of leather looking more like a rag
Burned into its face was the number '202'
Clutching the key, he announced to the room
"We'll be staying the night and can pay what is needed.
I tip well for service, so don't think me conceited.
Skip the wake up call, we'll need our rest.
Tonight your bedsprings will be given our test!"
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[hider=The Gilded Lion]
[b][u]The Gilded Lion[/u][/b]

In Mosey's Palace through the door to the right
Is a peculiar wing that should stay out of sight
The rooms here are dangerous if you couldn't tell
Open these doors and you might fall under a spell
But one such woman did not have this warning
She was wandering around about midmorning
Opening the door she was met with a hall
Not unlike the one on the leftside sprawl
But this hall was lit and seemed very inviting
Glitzy and extravagant, it was very exciting
She walked down the hall examining each door
One, two, three, five (there was no four)
"How curious." she said before looking further
She passed many doors without much fervor
Yet one stopped her right there in her tracks
A white door with a gilded lion's head engraved in a plaque
Her pulse raced at the sight of the majestic beast
She murmured, "I'll take a peek in here at least...."
The doorknob turned at her meager touch
(This place doesn't lock its doors much)
Upon entering she finds the room empty
Save for a sign which reads "Can the beast tempt thee?"
On the floor before her was a magnficent rug
Woven in the fibers was a large lion and its young
They were laid out on a background of deepest blue
Her eyes could not move from that magnificent hue
A titillated breath escapes her lips
She crouches down and sits as she smooths her slip
Her hand caresses the rug's silken fibers
The texture intoxicating her worse than an imbiber
She lays down next to the lion's head
As she strokes its mane, she felt heavy as lead
She was quite content to lay there forever
Petting the lion a worthy endeavor
She continued to do so unaware of the sound
A chirping purr could be heard all around
The golden fibers of the lion bulged and grew
As the beast rose from the carpet and the sea of blue
The girl's hand never left the great lion's mane
Unaware of the beast or whether it was tame
But the lion was real as was its hunger
For long had it been in deep, deep slumber
And so if you travel down the right wing
And spy a door with the head of the lion king
Pass it on by for you shall not find
A young damsel therein to wine and dine
Just a lush rug with a gilded lion
Waiting for a passersby to tempt and dine on
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