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Instincts

Is the black cat

in our basement feral or

are her instincts

sharper than ours?

You say she won't live

with us: she'll eat

the food I bring

so long as I

don't touch her.

 

I see her eyes beam

back gold against

my flashlight.

I think my own

eyes must lose their color

under the floorboards

where she waits

to see I am

what I offer.

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