Classy Cats

After the twins left,

and I had washed all the bedding,

I put the heirloom quilt

Grandma Heaton hand-pieced on

the bed in the guest room

to take a picture.

“You know,” I thought to myself,

“the cats don’t come in here anymore.

I think I’ll leave the treasured quilt on the bed
for a few days and enjoy it.”

 First time I come upstairs,

guess what two cats are planted firmly

in the middle of the bed?

Generally, they don’t share space.

One is one place

and one another,

But when it comes to an heirloom quilt,

the royal cats suddenly

can companionably sprawl together.

Of course,

I didn’t get a picture of them –

sneaky littler buggers -

as soon as they saw me,

they high-tailed it out of the room

like two thieves

in the night.