We slept like shit last night 1/8/23

we spent the night

embracing breath

until the sound of 

sheet and skin became

papery and tousled

the evening rouse

disgruntled and hot

the cursed early rise

in our anticipatory

mind's eye

you pulled the covers

i kicked them away

you rolled to the wall

i bore my stomach 

to the bed

every hour the cat came

wondering what our 

sleepless night might

have meant for her

her fluffed pillow bed

fallen to the floor