Breakfast In Bed

there were buzzers and bells, rattles and bangs a long rubber snake with horrible fangs a mural in crayon the length of the hall of misshapen cows -giraffes not too tall out in the kitchen the dog cleaned the floor then he circled again looking for more for eggs had been dropped and milk had been spilled making breakfast for mom had the kids thrilled dad in his apron, the kids in PJ'S stirred, mixed and cooked amid shouts and hoorays then quietly opened mom's bedroom door awakening her from a loving faux snore a morning repast most people would dread dad and the kids serving breakfast in bed John G. Lawless 1/10/2021