Big Bad Recliner Chair Leader

It is a brisk seventeen degrees. Some are complaining
 at the 40 mile-an-hour winds, dandy
Winter tornado in Saint Louie.  I am in my 
giant brown recliner, wearing doffers, and
My zip up stripped zebra suit pajamas with the ears, 
eating chocolate candy.
Staying away from the phone which rings
 incessantly with reverse mortgage offers.

Icicles dripping off the tree, glistening blowing snow
 on the ground, bird feeders buried,
Ice on the driveway, which my slightly-used
dare-devil husband is itching to go out and master,
My traitorous hazel eyes roll with amusement, 
remembering how last time he scurried
Back into the house, away from the frozen tundra,
a cheetah could not have been faster.

Sophie, our fat manager, an ebony cocker, with the 
white star under her chin,
Is next to me, marathon farting, 
out of every butt pore, cyber- ability to snore.
She is sitting next to me, pushing me out of our chair,
more hoggish than sister ever has been.
Second snow day in a row, worse blizzard
 in Kansas City, the white fluffy-s simply did pour.

Out of the sky for ten hours at least, I watched in amazement
it gave me great peace.
I am looking out the window right now, 
watching my cardinals take turns at the feeder.
There are three identical feeders,
but they fight over the one that faces the east.
I sit here in my zebra pajamas glory, 
The big, bad recliner-chair-leader.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018


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Date: 11/27/2018 7:38:00 PM
Now that's great imagery! I can visualize it all...well done.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/27/2018 7:40:00 PM
Second day being a slug. I think I may have gained 28 and a half pounds today alone.
Date: 11/27/2018 1:25:00 PM
Love the picture of you hanging out with your beloved Sophie, watching the cardinals - glad you're warm and comfy!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/27/2018 2:07:00 PM
My feet are FREEEZing right now. I went to the art room, and it is a tundra out there!
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