Ode to the Bed

match set of mattress and boxspring
oh soft one, we have so longed for.

you brought us joy when we pushed
pulled heaved you through our door.

for four long weeks we have dreamt of you
while we yet slept on the rock hard floor.

paul voiced, "the carpet's not so bad"
but it got harder as the nights onward wore.

we love you dear soft feathery bed
right down to your fluff-a-lumptious core.

you were named well, oh, sleepyhead
serenity vitality; the label you bore.

the dusty flannel sheets that wrap you
were crap from the time they left the store.

oh bed, you are worthy of only legend
mythical fairytale; mystical lore.

bed, we adore your quilted soul
with a love that increases evermore.

and thanks to you oh wondrous bed
our backs, our spines are no longer sore.