It's falling, it's falling!

I scramble as it hits the ground—
of what a crash!— How loud is the sound
of losing a bed, the place for my head,
all simply because I'd accidentally lost
a few little screws, and now I'm distraught
as I sit and watch, and though:
a few screws loose—

Where could they be? I did not see
them under the chair, or under the table,
among the tools, nor among the cables—
Maybe I've swept them—
                                          they're not in the trash!—
Did I throw it out?—
                                 but I wasn't that rash!

Or was I?          (I pause.)

I pick up a phone, I dial a number,
his dial tone rings, I disrupt his slumber,
he grunts as I blubber— have you seen my screws?
This is no ruse, I find myself now—
a few screws loose!

I silently wait till he sighs and he says:
Have you checked the trashcan—
                                                       ­ It's not there, I saw—
Or under the table—
                                 have you checked the floor?

It's none of those places, I searched at least twice—
Why else would I call you at this time of night?
Please do me a favour and see if you find
the few screws I'm missing—
                                                if I left them behind.

I'll search tomorrow, he says with a yawn.
I hang up in sorrow, I'll call at dawn.
I'll stay awake, or go to bed late
but

wait

My bed cannot hold my head or my soul—
because of the holes and lost metal poles—
no more a bed than a pile of wood,
it cannot be used, while I am
a few screws loose.