Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Bogart

The cat, under some primeval spell,
nose twitching at a hidden smell,

prefers to lay in close proximity
without any sign of aninimity

to one of us -- and the lamp of course,
still believing light is the source

of a comforting heat and not just
the lamp gathering its endless dust--

rather than stay far away alone
curled on the bed near the phone

or alert and waiting for prey
in a house sealed up most of the day.

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