Garfield Sheets

by Diane Webster

keys on moss

I am a 69-year-old woman 
who sleeps on Garfield sheets. 
I am a 69-year-old woman 
who hangs a poster of a crabby 
cat that states, “I AM smiling!” 
I am a 69-year-old woman 
who has a samurai sword 
mounted above her bed 
and who no longer has to sleep 
with a kitchen knife 
resting on her night stand. 
I am a 69-year-old woman 
who collects unwanted keys 
hoping eventually 
one will unlock a padlock 
either hanging with decades 
of rust or an imagined keyhole 
yawning for fulfillment 
in my mind where searching 
for personal answers reside. 
I am a 69-year-old woman 
who absorbs her walk 
with sparrows, roses, cats, 
spiderwebs and leaves 
like Vitamin D to her soul. 

Category: Featured, Poetry

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