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Ava's Night

My little girl, she could not sleep so toss and turn, she pulled the sheets and, ba ba black sheep safe in tow to our dark room she chose to go A creak of the door and then there she was she wanted to sleep with us because she heard a noise, she was too hot, she tried to sleep but she could not I hauled her up to our bed at three before too long she was fast asleep but I, on the other hand, was wide awake for, someone did my pillow take and someone elbowed me all night and had the blanket pulled too tight Someone’s hand flopped on my head (I wished we had a king size bed) By six I finally gave in and rose eyes swollen tired and stuffy nose hair looking like I had lost the war all out of coffee so I went to the store and when I got back, when asked how she slept my little girl sighed, and said “good, except... I thought I would sleep all snugly and tight but MOMMA bug kept me UP ALL NIGHT!!!!”

Copyright © | Year Posted 2005




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