The heating is gone <br />- again. <br /> <br />Startling us <br />awake with a big ka-chunk! <br /> <br />Damn! <br /> <br />The radiators gurgle & chortle <br />like happy babies. <br /> <br />We nearly jump out of our skin. <br /> <br />The duvet shifts an inch <br />...the cold...eats our toes. <br /> <br />Our bodies <br />fused together into one big sleepy lump <br /> <br />Seamless <br />(impossible to separate us) . <br /> <br />As if hypnotising yourself <br />you order yourself: <br /> <br />“Must wee...must wee! ” <br /> <br />“Nooooooo! ” <br />I howl <br /> <br />as like a traitor you let an army of vicious cold <br />into our citadel of warm and the citadel falls. <br /> <br />I feel betrayed as you tear yourself away. <br /> <br />Tottering under the influence of sleep <br />you zig-zag crazily and bump into all of everything! <br /> <br />Your tiny tinkle <br />sounds like icicles <br /> <br />You don’t flush…dash <br />back to the safety of bed & me. <br /> <br />Aghhhh…you are all goosepimply <br />I can count every one in an instant <br />...69,009 to be precise. <br /> <br />“Oh…you’re so warm & nice! ” <br />You murmur in your hypnotic trance. <br /> <br />Your marble coldness <br />steals my heat <br /> <br />as you turn over <br />and fall back to sleep <br /> <br />in an instant <br /> <br />taking with you all blankets and sheets <br />Shhhhhhhh....itttttttttttttt! <br /> <br />The cold <br />attacks my balls! <br /> <br />Why are they singled out! <br /> <br />Your snores <br />fall heavy <br />(frozen sound) . <br /> <br />I get up <br />put on two sets of clothes <br />plus your fur coat. <br /> <br />Make myself <br />a cup of tea. <br /> <br />A green glowing clock <br />winks at me <br /> <br />tells me <br />it is just <br /> <br />3.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tea-at-three/
