The Cat Brain Disconnect

Misha. Always thinking. Photo: CA Hawthorne

In that public place
where cat reporters like to shout,
they plied me with questions
before letting me out.

They demanded details
on the cat brain disconnect,
so I smiled in my knowing
and said, "Oh yeah, that.

"It looks like midnight runs
fleeing the hounds of hell,
their rolling eyes
steering them all pell-mell.

"Yeah, I've seen all that
and so much more,
like the infamous arched back
and the paw beneath the door.

"I could go on and on,
'cause, you know, the topic's ripe,
but the classic is the staring
like they've not seen you in their life."

©August 2016, October 2022
Christina Anne Hawthorne

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