Just A Typical Night

Nightlife, in my apartment.

My poor apartment

The little ones

Are bouncing off

The walls

Literally.

 

Dodging

A leaping Venus

As I try

To concentrate

On my writing.

 

Squeak

Whirling dervish

Chased a ball toy

Across the ceramic tiles

Until he discovers

The food dish.

 

Serenely

Star watches

From the counter top

Waiting her turn

To play

In the bathtub

With her paper balls.

 

If lucky

Will find my way

Into Morpheus' embrace

I hope.

 

As I wake up

Finding one or more toys

Beside me

In bed.

 

Sheesh.

Author's Note

Originally written, September 11, 2014.

Reviews

[MomzillaNC]

"Sheesh," indeed. When I had cats, I often had similar situation. We have a great little dog now, but he's absolutely OBSESSED with his bouncy ball! He lost it the other day and has been positively MOURNING for it since! We've searched high and low for it and cannot locate the thing! Meanwhile, the dog mopes and keeps trying to tell us it's somewhere on the bookshelf. I've looked behind every row of books, behind and under… it's simply not there to be seen.

[therisa]

You know, Momzilla, I wouldn't trade them, for all of the money, in the world. I hope you find your dog's ball.

[MomzillaNC]

Me too. It's the perfect ball! It bounces well, but not wildly. It's just right for him to carry in his mouth (he's so adorable with his face full of ball!). And, it doesn't mark the walls when it happens to ricochet off them. We found it in a field. The ones we've purchased mark the walls, are a little too big and heavy for him to carry around, and he chews them up. He's had this one for over a year. The ones we've purchased have never lasted longer than a couple of months because he starts chewing chunks out of them. IDK what we're going to do. I'm not giving him the old balls we used to buy; we just painted because we're trying to sell our house; so, we can't have the walls being marked up. I've looked and cannot find anything like his lost ball among the doggy toys. I think the lost ball might be a handball or a racket ball, INS.

[therisa]

Possibly, a squash ball, Momzilla.

[MomzillaNC]

IDK. I can't find one like it anywhere.

[therisa]

Guess, you mourn the ball passing, and hope to find one, like it, in the future.

[MomzillaNC]

Oh, it's here somewhere. We'll stumble upon sooner or later. It hasn't left the house, after all.

[therisa]

When you are packing everything up, for the move. Never fails.

[MomzillaNC]

That's probably when we'll find it.