a smile never reaches her eyes.
She knows I’m asthmatic.
I never allow smokers in that room,
you’ll be grand!
In the night I wake hot and edgy.
Strong smells are wafting from the floorboards.
A cat purrs, the bed shakes and the room goes smoky.
Footsteps outside my door recede.
In the morning she says; I hope the cat didn’t disturb you.
She was chasing something all night.
I notice her eyes are two different colours.
One is sea green like a cat, the other, fuzzy brown
like a barn owl!