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Let Sleeping Cats Lie, by Jennifer Arp, July 2005


 

 

Let Sleeping Cats Lie

The heat broke last night

Finally.

No rain yet,

But, this morning,

The breeze

Lifts the curtains

On the porch,

Cools us.

Bob, stretched out

In her bay window

Snaps at you

As you poke

At her white, white belly.

A Bobwhite calls,

“Bob-white.

“Bob-white.”

 

As the curtains

Pull away from the windows

Pushed by the breeze

I see glimpses of Bob,

Asleep now,

Ears swivel slightly

Now and then,

Her radar

Always on.

I call her name.

The radar dish moves

Infinitesimally.

The paw flexes.

She snores slightly.

 


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