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'she goes to hide behind the ottoman' -those cats! Mine has projectile vomited in the kitchen -beware!talk about health and safety!!! P -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of sharon brogan Sent: 03 February 2010 19:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: 2010 03 feb snapshot -- first try can i still write a snapshot poem? is it still in me? the sky is grey, but high earlier, there was a dull purple beneath a glow sparrows at the seed and fighting in the vines is it really the weaker sparrow they gang up on? maybe it's a bad sparrow perhaps he molested a chick or stole from a widow they drive him from the garden much loud peeping and violent flutters dead leaves crash to the ground belle brings me her toy attacks the scratching post stops to stare at me demanding -- what? is there a poem, anywhere? where where where? i am here, at the keyboard i am listening but all i hear is the radio the muse does not so much a murmur not a whisper, not a nudge belle crashes around the living room colliding with furniture attack mode attacking a poem does not work belle comes again stares into the toy basket i offer a catnip mouse she pounces, but soon bored comes back for something else glares at me in disappointment why do i not give her what she wants? what does she want? i try the rubber fish no the rattly ball no i suggest she choose for herself no perhaps the poem is in the aquarium empty but for bubbles awaiting a fresh fish for the slow, mysterious kill perhaps the poem is in the pillow cranberry toile, two people on a mule an obedient sheep belle comes back to stare accusingly the poem is in me! is that what she says? i offer a furry mouse with a feather tail she explores it briefly amused but only briefly the basket is nearly empty now she noses it her tail sways no a miniature blue tennis ball? it bounces down the stairs she follows! she's back she jumps on my legs a questioning look she goes to hide behind the ottoman waiting for the next throw No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2665 - Release Date: 02/03/10 08:09:00