POEM TO MINDY

and there she is
my cat
she demands that my hands
touch her fur and
she demands my
total
attention
she knows she's the only cat
that matters
that ever mattered.
She knows the cats of Egypt
I sometimes think she was there herself and added that
unknown quality to
the reliefs in the temple walls, for
she is the only cat that ever mattered as she wimpers that
demanding little
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