Dónall Dempsey - THE CAT & I

We prowl
around the room

the cat
& I

unable to settle
until you return

sitting on the settee
until you return

then - on the floor

(both eying the door)

it
sitting
on me

both stretching listlesly

(strange bedfellows)

yawning in synchonicity

out of restlessness
& boredom

until the turning
of a key

magically
produces you

both
cat
&
I

...purring!

Dónall Dempsey

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