SNEAKTHEAF

bike: ferdinand

ipod: mordecai

cat: zombie

laptop: quixote

cat: fruitbat

phone: zeus

let’s live like the owls

and sleep as frozen rivers

til the sun comes down.

.

I can see you whole.

there was a time without eyes

and eyes came about.

.

can you believe that?

I marvel at yours endless,

quake before the close.

My cat is named Fruitbat unless

her head is wet. Then she’s Bathtub.

My cat is named Zombie unless

she hunts her favorite prey. Then she’s Cardboard.

My cat is named Fruitbat unless

she is hungry. Then she’s Trashcan.

My cat is named Zombie unless

she is on my keyboard. Then she’s BBBBBBBBBBGGGGGGGGGGGgggggggg9999llf

I would never intentionally kick my cat in the face. But if she happens to run her face into my moving foot in the process of aborting an unsuccessful attack mission, then I’m forced to humbly step back and assume that it was at the behest of some force far wiser and more powerful than I.