C. Douglas Caffey

MY CHAIR

I sleep in the Sun-Room in a chair
and for thirty months I’ve been there.
Lying horizontal brings much pain
until I return to my chair again.

Now, if you sleep horizontal
all the night through,
I’ll choose to sleep vertical
and not make fun of you.

My wife of fifty-two years
sleeps horizontal in her room there,
but at five a.m., or before
she serves me coffee and toast in my chair.

So, coffee and toast,
down of the Gulf Coast,
is an early breakfast fare,
as I sit upright in my chair!