Oliver Wrapped in a Bun

I hear
my black and white cat
sleeping on me
purring
in his sleep

Tree branches
knocking on my window
like books
falling off the book shelf

And the piano
playing loud music

I feel
like a hot dog
wrapped in a bun

I roll off a jagged cliff
into water
down below,
frightened
but safe

 

 

 
 

--Oliver (2nd grade, Evanston, IL, 2008)