Escaping the Broken Hotel

Two women were insane They were contagious The plague spread to my mother The plague spread to me I seemed to have antibodies That could cleanse me Each time the cops showed up The cops knew the insane women And the women hated the cops The cops saw a child in the mess But they had no evidence to rescue it So they left and returned every few weeks Because the women never knew how to shut up But the child knew how to keep quiet The child knew that skill all too well The father of the child showed up one day And the visit was unexpected The hotel was no longer safe because of the women So the father became a hero And as the father left with the child The women no longer recognized the child They wondered who the child was The child was me, you wretches