batflower

We didn't intend to adopt The Horrors
it just showed up one day and made itself domestic
it wants to be where we are all the time
have to shove The Horrors out of the way
to get at the coffee in the morning
'I didn't sleep last night because of The Horrors', you say
and I know you mean it was yelling at your door late into the night
it likes to sit on our phones and stare at us
unblinking
it wants a share of everything we eat
Using a spray bottle to get The Horrors off the table sometimes works
Sometimes we get a break for a while
Though that often means it's been making its own fun
elsewhere in the house
Knowing we have The Horrors in the house makes me want to clean everything
but it feels like a Sisyphean task
how did our home become part of its litterbox?

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