Tip tap, tip tap you run your nails down me Crip crap crip crap elbows dig in me while the reading of your books set your mind free.
Cratchy claws, drooling maws purr purr stretching legs, tummy rub, yawning jaws. You have sat upon me you have spat upon me you have fought over me then cleaned me up and then eaten you your tea on me!
You have hidden under me covered me with drapes and made a camp out of me. You have used me as bed and excited the girl you wed and seen your first born’s head emerge while she lay screaming on me!
I’ve been scrubbed to an inch of my life I have witnessed trouble tears and strife. I did once have a life out side of this room I was tall and I was stunning when in Spring I was in bloom. I spread my roots and lifted my branches up into the sky so I could touch the moon.
Summer nights and Autumn days I have weathered, I have listened to laughter and heard choirs voices sing in praise of the Lord and his ways. I have seen the seasons come and go watched the farmer sow his seeds and seen the crops grow.
Now I am trapped within this house yet I really do not mind I have been a watcher of life seen the generations, children, family ,
auntie, uncle, grandma husband, wife . So as you gather round me for your chat over coffee in your kitchens, in your houses or your flats. Underneath me children and dogs on me books food shopping and cats.
Treat me right and I shall last into your future from your past. I always have such tales to tell I have been with you through heaven and hell! So treat me wrong or treat me right I shall just sit here and watch you day and night!!
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