Hélène Armstrong
Beddy bye blues
My old bed was ridiculously large
for my life style
- for my night style -
so. had to go. It went
to a couple who wanted more distance
between their dreams.
I bought instead
a mid-size wooden bed
with a carved head of golden harmonies
that would welcome opportunity
in style,
but the mattress forbade joy,
or peace except eternal:
it had to go.
Reality stepped in
when my tiny house
gave space a priority:
my new bed can hold
in its base my wedding trousseau:
cotton sheets and line lace,
tablecloths, soft blankets.
It stands like a monument in my little room,
makes too many demands on the eye
and the heart, so it will have to go,
be replaced by a bed of sensible size
for the sensible dreams
of a sensible life
- and if I strike lucky
we can always go to his house.
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