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Sofa Bed Saga

Our brand-new sofa bed got stuck.
It wouldn’t open; just our luck.
Our daughter slept upon it twice,
But not last night. Here’s my advice:

If underneath a sheet you use
A mattress pad before you snooze,
Be sure, if on the fold-up kind,
No sheet or pad gets left behind.

We think that pad is somehow caught
Within the springs; we toiled for naught.
Today we’ll ask for an assist;
Our super’s help we will enlist.

A small mistake but we got burned.
Yes, “haste makes waste” – the lesson learned.

Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2017

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Paul Callus Date: 8/8/2017 2:03:00 AM Sorry about your sofa bed, Ilene, but can't say the same about your poem....as always a pleasure to read! On adverts everything works to perfection, doesn't it!! Regards // paul Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 8/1/2017 12:03:00 AM Life can be crazy enough to make a person crazy Ilene! Hope it all turns out well. The harder you tried to open it, the more it probably got stuck! : ) Login to Reply

Lim'Rik Flats Date: 7/31/2017 8:09:00 AM And watch out for pinched fingers! ;-) Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 7/30/2017 9:08:00 PM Cute poem, Ilene. Joe and I have so many problems with our California king size mattress! Login to Reply

Jan Allison Date: 7/30/2017 3:55:00 PM I bet you wish you'd stuck with the old sofa bed Ilene this sounds like a bit of a lemon i do hope you can get it sorted so you can use it again:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 7/30/2017 1:28:00 PM - :))) ... not easy, Ilene :))) - I can see it clearly - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 7/30/2017 11:42:00 AM *giggles* :) Login to Reply

Robert Johnson Date: 7/30/2017 9:48:00 AM I won't have another one. Spent twenty odd years pulling up the cushions every time I got up so as not to have them permanently squished and deformed. As to it getting stuck, just your luck. I never had an issue with that. :) Although my new recliner mechanism went to pot and had to be replaced. Get a futon. :) Login to Reply Ilene Bauer Date: 7/30/2017 9:51:00 AM Ha! This sofa bed replaced the trusty futon we'd had forever. It was a pain to open and close but was very comfortable. Wish I still had it!