Cat

Uncertainty

and a spring from floor to table—

effortless grace.

Curious.

Here, kitty-kitty-kitty.

Empty chatter, compelling,

open the eyes to darkness.

Always aloof,

teasing,

chh-chh-chh.

Whiskers and claws,

stay away, don't touch,

let me move first.

Quiet.

Oh, oh, you have opened me,

you have solved me,

oh no,now I am yours.

Unforgivable sin,

open face for a second,

all twitching, sniffing, and searching.