My Boyfriend Is A Chair

No, really.

My boyfriend says he's a chair.
He's taken on certain chairlike qualities.
I had him stuffed with horsehair
when I did a course on upholstery.
My boyfriend is a chair.
I chose the covering,
stripped down the tired fabric
he wore as a skin.
He is remade.
I took the stuffing out of him.
Had him resprung
(he was sagging
couldn't bear my weight)
My boyfriend is a lovely chair
patient by my fireside
on his pleasing bun feet.
He is solid and square.
He likes being a chair.
He says it's so much simpler.
And some day I will sand his arms
in gratitude
(they are always open for me
he is the supportive type.)
My boyfriend used to be a man
now he's a chair.
Useful.