Pet

I realized,
she thought of me 
as a cat:
errant, forgetful,
pacified by
a stroke or two,
a cuddle in her lap,
marveling 
at the magic
happenstance of
swinging cupboard doors,
content to
romp and range
her single bedroom flat,
charming
in my vague belief
in a world
beyond the window screen.



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