We winterised the
bed today
the replacement
electric blanket
with the wool fleece
has arrived
Our favourite linen
is now anchored
(with the sheet
suspenders
we didn't even know
existed
a revelation
like serviceable
post war underwear)
to prevent the slow
slippage
of the bottom sheet
out over the woolly bulk
(creeping under my
sleeping body
like being carried
away by ants)
the discomfort of
which last winter
would fill me night
after night
inchoate with rage
The whole thing now
sprung like a dance
floor
is waiting for the
bedtime testing
the loft of the
quilt still unneeded
the electricity as
yet unplugged
a thundery warmth is
still in the air
but you know we just
like to be prepared
Good(Kevin) one Mikaela, thanks
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