THE COMFORT OF WOOD…

I COME TO THIS BED LONELY
I COME DESPERATE AS A BEGGAR
A FAMILY WITH NO HOME

I COME WITH A SOLE POSSESSION
ACCOMPANYING ME
A SHEETS COLD EMBRACE

I COME TO THIS BED WITH DEVASTATION
NO FIXED OUTCOME LIKE THE FOOD CHOICE
OF A FEMALE COMPANION

THE BED IS SITUATED WHERE IT WAS FIRST POSITIONED
METAL FILIGREE
ALIGNING THE MAHOGANY HEADBOARD

THE BED CAME TO ME BY WAY OF
“KANES”
I WAS LOOKING FOR A DINING TABLE

THE BED WAS ACROSS THE FLOOR FROM DINING
MAJESTIC IN ITS APPEAL
A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT IN THE FEET

THE MAROON HUE GLEAMING
AS I SIT WITH MY BACK AGAINST THE BED
NOW I AM LEARNING THE COMFORT OF WOOD

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