Sleeping, breathing

[yamyam_kat]

Title: Sleeping, breathing

 

 

I sit in the corner of my room.

The silence fills my ears.

The moment of peace feels like an eternity at first,

Until it ends.

An uncomfortable noise disrupts the silence,

A kind of raspy breathing that sends a chill down my spine.

I turn to find the source of the noise.

A small plush sits on my window,

A sleeping puppy that I almost thought was genuine.

Its flank rose and fell, and the raspy breathing only got louder.

I quickly switch off the puppy, hoping the feeling of nervousness would leave me.

However, it didn’t.

The raspy breathing continued, as did my sense of dread.

Comments

[adoptedwriter]

A lot of these robotic/ remote-control toys are pretty convincing! My grandson has an owl toy. Occasionally we hear a "whoooo-hoooo-hooo" in the middle of the night. The cats play with it sometimes. LOL

[yamyam_kat]

The OWL sees ALL! LOL

[favoritebean_writes]

Erm, sorry about that. We can move it to the living room.

[yamyam_kat]

Yes please, and thanks.

[roina_arwen]

Aww, I like this!

[yamyam_kat]

Thank you.

[tonithegreat]

Ah, I haven’t seen super realistic puppy toys. I’ve seen videos of some cat toys like that online, though, and those definitely seem to hit uncanny valley status.

[yamyam_kat]

I've seen those before as well. They're scary.

[chasing_silver]

Those robot toys scare the poop out of me! I babysit a lot and invariably the kids will leave one on and it'll make a sound in the dead of night, haha.

[yamyam_kat]

I would quit babysitting if that happened to me, lol.

[xeena]

I really enjoyed this and that last line is awesome

[yamyam_kat]

Thank you!

[muchtooarrogant]

Yikes! Bad dog! LOL

Dan

[yamyam_kat]

Very bad dog.

[rayaso]

Very enjoyable and well-written. It made me think of our children's stuffed animals

[yamyam_kat]

Thank you.

[halfshellvenus]

A robot plush that doesn't turn off... creepy!

A couple of our kids' toys would self-activate from time-to-time, and start talking, which was unsettling. It turns out that can sometimes happen when the battery starts degrading. :O

[yamyam_kat]

Oh no!

I wasn't aware of the battery.

[thephantomq]

You have captured the terrifyingness of those robot plushies SO WELL. Excellent job!

[yamyam_kat]

Thank you!

[mollywheezy]

Excellent! I saw a cat like that once and I found it very creepy, too!

[yamyam_kat]

Yup, it seems they're quite popular now.

[n3m3sis43]

Okay, that’s super creepy! If my robot dog doesn’t stop breathing when I switch it off I am definitely putting it in the donate pile. I liked this piece. :)

[yamyam_kat]

Thank you!

[drippedonpaper]

Spooky! I think I'd run out of the room!

[yamyam_kat]

Or abandon the house all together!

[static_abyss]

I feel you on the robotic animals being slightly creepy. Well done on this week's entry!

[yamyam_kat]

Thank you!

[murielle]

Spooky!

I'm giving my teddy the side-eye, but he's just watching a DVD and ignoring me. Nothing new.

😊😊😊

[yamyam_kat]

LOL!

[erulissedances]

Oh my, you packed a lot into minimal words. Well done!

- Erulisse (one L)

[alycewilson]

This poem is gripping and reminds me of a very short fiction piece.