Chair with Cat

unpublished

(for Amy, working late)

Tan, black on white on
red velvet, Herself in your

great-aunt chair takes
tongue to white-puff

belly, to left paw,
paw to left ear to

cheek; plump curves 
cradle calico candle-

light bath time. Quite
clean, Herself dreams

red-velvet sleep, puff-
white-belly-fur, striped-

tail-over-nose sleep. Your
great-aunt chair’s complete.

                                  Michael Kearns

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