>I say its time _everyone_ on this list sent in a poem, even
>me
>
would appreciate any comments, thanks - Helen!
A Serious Cat
One cat leaves
and my house is empty of her walk
a place for happy chin and tail
I still hear her silence
and begin to forget
that she was ever mine
anchored like a stray call
she is with her future, a young lady
who sings a country parole
of deeper energy
What is this I hear
a tinkling bell
a flurry of doves from a neighbour’s roof
a different whimper
dragging heart and black underbelly
to release a wire door?
another perhaps, from winter’s bitter dark
a slamming, verandah mesh
no doubt, a visitor from over the fence
echoing bare cupboards
dry throat in search of parallels
other than rejection—
crazy for tenuous rattan-chairs, straw mat
food to fluff-over white scars
a serious cat, petitioning summer’s heart
leaving nothing behind
—that begins with arrival
>
>"
>.. a cherry when its bloomin has no stone,
>a chicken when its pippin has no bone
>a ring when its rollin has no end
>a baby when its sleepin has no cryen"
>
>(we learned this folk song in primary school)
>
>Jos
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