gary just a few things that struck me. When you refer to "he" I reckon this 
is the angel and "she" is the cat am I correct as I just got a bit confused 
here? In the penultimate verse "not caring poetry watering the flowers" 
doesn't fit for me. Should it be "as the angel watched not caring"? instead. 
"Poetry watering the flowers" sounds better for me. bw sally J

>From: Gary Blankenship <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: new:  Angels on the Highway
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:46:37 -0700
>
>Looking for a crit.  This one needs...?
>
>Smiles.
>
>G
>
>Angels on the Highway
>
>An angel passed by our house
>without even checking the locks
>or shopping papers scattered about porch,
>sidewalk and roses.
>
>Maybe he knew we were not home,
>that the residence was empty,
>except for a cat
>and whatever denizen she captured.
>
>Maybe he knew our house-sitter
>only visited five to eight
>Monday through Friday
>like a regular job at a gas-and-go.
>
>Perhaps she knew
>the dwelling was home to an non-believer
>destined for the Sixth Circle
>even if all his annuity given to indulgents.
>
>Or, it might be as simple as
>
>the angel had bigger lemmings to catch
>than a poet who relinquishes rhyme,
>needs a couple of pots of coffee
>to get it together
>and pontificates about the errors of others
>vaguely aware he makes them
>unaware.
>
>There is a war on .
>
>Another bombing on the cross-town bus
>occurred last night
>(and the day before the day before the day before
>beyond the days of creation
>and retribution).
>
>The Templars meet, a public secret.
>
>Someone gave a starving man a dollar
>without the lecture.
>(Give a man a fish.
>you know the rest.)
>
>Somewhere a kitten was saved from drowning,
>a dog was not beaten
>or a child abused
>
>as the angel watched
>not caring poetry waters the flowers
>and clouds are verse set free,
>
>his grim task
>to pass by empty houses,
>cats some other angel's mission.
>
>
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