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The best sleeping spots are places
where you shouldn’t be –
any open drawer in my dresser,
the leather jacket that doesn’t smell funny
yet, my hypoallergenic pillows.
If I sleep too late, you jump on the bed
and glare at me with golden eyes;
if I’m in the kitchen, you sit on the sink;
the bathroom, you perch on the toilet,
crying, until I brush your small buff head
or trickle water for you to bat at.
You know which rattle and squeal means I’m home,
peeking through the white blinds
and meeting my shoes at the door,
and whatever else is said about you,
when I think your brother hates me,
or when my feet are cold, my black pants hairless,
my poetry awful or my tips paltry,
you’re there to head-butt me
back to your reality,
knead me when I need you,
and finally settle your purr against my thigh,
content that you have fixed me.

Description
The best sleeping spots are places
where you shouldn’t be –
any open drawer in my dresser,
the leather jacket that doesn’t smell funny
yet, my hypoallergenic pillows.
If I sleep too late, you jump on the bed
and glare at me with golden eyes;
if I’m in the kitchen, you sit on the sink;
the bathroom, you perch on the toilet,
crying, until I brush your small buff head
or trickle water for you to bat at.
You know which rattle and squeal means I’m home,
peeking through the white blinds
and meeting my shoes at the door,
and whatever else is said about you,
when I think your brother hates me,
or when my feet are cold, my black pants hairless,
my poetry awful or my tips paltry,
you’re there to head-butt me
back to your reality,
knead me when I need you,
and finally settle your purr against my thigh,
content that you have fixed me.