I am your sofa,
I am your climbing frame,
I am your waiter –
do you know ‘my’ name?
.
I keep you waiting,
I take too long,
I don’t give you enough,
I measure things wrong.
.
I take you out
when the weather is yuck,
I pull you away
from your choicest tuck.
.
I make you be quiet
when you are saying, ‘watch out!’
When there’s no one around
to whisper or shout.
.
I get up and do things
when your need is for hugs,
and I leave you for ‘years!’
so you chew up the rugs.
.
I suppose that you need me
to be at your beck and call;
but I’d quite like a moment,
though you’d like them all.
Graeme Sandford 