"The mind is a hotel with a thousand rooms."
— Dinh, Linh (b. 1963)
Author
Work Title
Publisher
Tinfish Press
Date
2003
Metaphor
"The mind is a hotel with a thousand rooms."
Metaphor in Context
The mind is a hotel with a thousand rooms. When I tilt my head a certain way, I think about certain things. When I tilt my head another way, I think about other things. If I sleep on the right side of my face, for example, I’d dream of a pale rose, the future, or a continental diner in Passaic, New Jersey. When I sleep on the left side of my face, I’d dream that a hand is squeezing my heart, that I’m in prison, or that I’m watching hockey at an airport bar, about to miss a flight.
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Lin Dinh, "The Mind" All Around What Empties Out (Tinfish Press, 2003). <Link to the poetryfoundation.org>
Date of Entry
06/02/2011
