Zip — Mind Control Theatre Bed And Breakfast

The sign hung crooked over the wraparound porch, its letters stenciled in faded gold. Check-in after 6 PM. Check-out whenever you forget you arrived.

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By checkout, I couldn’t recall my own name, but I hummed the jingle from a detergent commercial I’d never seen. The B&B’s address had vanished from my GPS. The sign hung crooked over the wraparound porch,

All that remained was the zip code: 90210? 00000? Or just —the sound a thought makes when it’s erased. I couldn’t recall my own name

I drove home smiling, whistling a tune I didn’t choose.

The host served breakfast in the dark. “Eat,” whispered the butter dish. The eggs tasted like suggestion. The coffee, like compliance.