Behind Closed Doors

When bedroom doors close
and humans are out of sight,
it’s a cue for plushies,
letting them know
their fun has just begun.

They’ll raid your room,
for chocolate, candy, and sweets.
Then proceed to gobble them down
into their fluffy bellies until it’s all gone.

Jumping on beds is great fun as a plushie-
almost like flying, and they’ll bounce and hop
like humans on a trampoline.

Glitter is a plushie party must.
Gold, silver, and rainbow too-
just let it all rain down like confetti-
oh, wait, confetti’s already there!

Parties never end- only pause-
when humans return or sugar highs run low.
Glittery, confetti blankets cover snoozy plushies
as they slowly drop in a heap
and recover from their antics.

Humans somehow never catch
these party plushies
in action,
though sometimes,
when plushies out-party themselves,
their humans will find them in a different position
or different spot
than from when they left.

Suspicions may arise, and
humans may puzzle
over this predicament,
as their plushies simply stay still
and look innocent.
At day’s end, though,
plushies are plushies
and are just like children!

They eat, play, party, and sleep,
and when bedtime comes,
they’re first to reach for a cuddle.


Written for "The Not-So-Daily Poem" 
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