cats

  • Patience

    I am the dark in the shadow. I am footsteps running across the night. The yowl that heralds the midnight sun. I am mystery, untamed. “No, no, Biscuits, shoo,” my human said. Thwarted yet again, I regrouped to my command center below the kitchen table. The door of treasures slammed shut. Fortunately, patience is my

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  • Call Me Red

    From the cappuccino machine to the wheezy copier to the big warm window sill, this office is my range. After second nap, I thought this would be a typical five nap day but then I caught the sour whiff of anxiety. Stretching from the sunny patch on the conference table, I leapt to investigate. I

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  • Hello, Cat

    It had been a pale blue day, almost gray with a promise of sun that never came true. Cat had spent all of that day alone. She liked it that way. Wandering, she walked until she came to the woods and then weaved in between the trees. Tired, Cat napped in an afternoon sunny patch

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  • Five a.m.

    Door creaks open Betwixt my legsHead in the crook of my knee By my solesAll soft belly and sharp claws On my curlsA crescent hot pressed into my dreams You walk across my chestFlop down to Luxuriate in lethargy My eyelids flutter against your snoresI awake into your somnolence Your Eyes open, a hopeful yowl“Dammit

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