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Saul's Hotel Bills
Hotel bills random and scattered, an incomplete collection, A mere redolence of his gospel of exponential wealth In the name of Biltwell Co., of St. Louis — His wanderings, by train, throughout the pre- and postwar forties, During that decade when he solidified his grip on riches, Ensured his family would never endure hardship, as he had . . .
Hotel bills recording the barest of facts, as to his activities, On his buying and selling trips — Long-distance calls, telegrams, restaurant charges, taxes, Rates for day- and workweek-long rooms/suites/apartments Where he'd showcase his samples (on mannequins and racks), Swatch-card-bulging binders, promo materials, order pads . . .
Hotel bills immortalizing the nature and extent Of his irrepressible zeal to surpass his ever-raised expectations, Be accountable to nothing but his own unbridled drive To be known, wide and far, as a self-made success, A road peddler elevated to operating out of grand hotels . . . All that's left of his energy, discipline, that twinkle in his spirit.
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