but i like being close
when you have bad dreams
or good dreams
that need taking advantage of
she's bathed in the red-orange
glow of alarm clock numbers
and i in that cyber green color
each waking in the night
due to various discomforts
(old mattress) too hard
too soft pillows
anxious for the new day, getting kicked
by the dog as she
dreams of chasing
and catching neighborhood cats
or running with ancestral
wolves to bay @ the moon
in fact
a bigger bed won't help
at all just give us
more space to be
crowded. We'll still love
to hold eachother
through dreams of
love and conflict and
the dog will still try to
sleep on top of us and
kick us until she's
made a comfy nest
for herself between our
legs at the bottom
of the bed