Dead Weight
by carolynholm
Dear Poppy,
When I ask you to get off the bed, you make things really difficult.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I don’t want to make anything hard for you!!!
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
But you turn into a dead weight. I can hardly move you.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
That’s because moving is impossible!!!!
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
No it’s not. You can jump up on the bed. So you can jump down off the bed.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I can jump on the bed because I’m all excited! My excitement propels me there!!!
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
So why can’t you jump back off?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Because the bed is where I belong. My body won’t move because it belongs right there.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
No, honey, it doesn’t. You can visit on the bed while I’m reading, but when it’s time to sleep you need to go to your comfy bed.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
But it’s not with you.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
It’s next to my bed. You are literally within arm’s reach.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Why can’t I sleep on your bed?
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
I’ve explained this so many times: there is no room for you when it’s time to sleep.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
But the cats are there!
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
That’s why there is no room. And they were around long before you. They have bed seniority.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
So you have to push me off?
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Well I wish it could be done more easily. Moving a dead weight each time is no fun at all. Not to mention it isn’t very dignified.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
So, clearly it would be better if you let me stay.
XOXO Poppy
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