Sit at Your Own Risk
This recliner is not
for use in a moving
motor home or boat.
It will not protect you
from accidental
ejection or dejection.
Keep this recliner away
from burning cigarettes
or your old flame.
Upholstery can release
toxic fumes
or toxic quips.
Do not trap your head
in moving recliner parts.
This recliner is not designed
as a weight loss machine.
Do not stand on this recliner.
It is not a catapult,
even if the cat thinks so.
Nolcha Fox (she/her) has always written, starting with poop and crayons on the walls. Her poems were published in WyoPoets News, Duck Head Journal, Ancient Paths, The Red Lemon Review, Agape Review, Bullshit Literary Magazine, Storyteller’s Refrain, Wilder Literature, Paddler Press, the 2022 WyoPoets chapbook Emergence, Gone Lawn, Levatio’s first issue Serenity, and Spirit Fire Review.