Kitten

image borrowed from bing

Kitten


spooned by fullness,
I tremble

smocked in sweat,
crumbs, and
remembrance—
slaps and caresses
of snipped
mental replay

ambushed
by burbling thoughts,
I curl up and filter myself
until silt
settles
down

at the bottom
of an angry rhubarb river

raging love-blood in flux
quashed by quiet soothing
breeze

blind and folded,
I lap some milk and
purr myself to sleep

sweet little calico
kitten


Shawna McAllister

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