Dark

We woke in darkness, not because
The dawn had not arrived
But rather due to power, 
Of which we had been deprived.

An underground transformer,
We were told, at our hotel,
Went on the fritz and when it
Could be fixed, they couldn’t tell.

Our flight was in the morning, so
We packed and dressed to leave,
A challenge in a pitch-black room,
Which you could well believe.

We skipped the shower and no make-up
I could thus apply,
And so I looked as bad
As I could look if I did try.

Although, within the scheme of things
That can go wrong each day,
This glitch, while quite annoying’s
Hardly reason to inveigh.