means having to sleep
without covers
when you want them
windows open

when you want them
closed and tight
means confusion
in the living room

newspaper glasses
hats and dishes he
forgets to put up
and underwear lost

under the bed so
you don’t find them
when they’ve got
to be ready to wear

for luck in games men play
and you don’t understand
or even want to watch
on T.V. or hear on radio

but this man brings
a joy to your soul
makes you laugh
out loud at antics

and jokes and tickling
and he gets you
not to take the world
so seriously then when

the cold wind howls
he lets you crawl up
next to his warmth
and stay comforted

facing together the world
which looms too big
for anybody
to face alone

© by Dorothy K. Fletcher.
Used with the author's permission.