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Admin's Featured Poem Pick of the Week for January 24, 2005


" The Fluid Forest "



i. respite

the cat laps
from the rain-filled pool,
thick mist rolls
through the redwoods,
the spa springs steam,
her leg surfaces,
I hold my breath,
she submerges,
the cat returns purring,
I stroke himal'yan fur


ii. the cabin

he sits staring at me,
tail across front paws,
siamese eyes mystified

"I just got here,
I'm not getting
you food"

he turns his head
nonchalantly, looks
at the closed bedroom door

"and I know you
don't know how
to build a fire"

he walks, jumps
to the perch
at the edge of the doorjamb

"you think I work
for you don't you
that's who you think I am"

her car pulls into the court yard


iii. the play

"hi there puss puss
have you been waiting
for me for very long"

"I asked him to
build you a fire,
of course he told me no"

"did the mean man
try to make you work
poor dear that's just so wrong"

"you spoil that cat
he thinks you're here
to scratch his furry chin"

she sheds her coat,
turns to the bedroom,
opens the carved wooden door

flame skips up through
dry kindling crackles,
I slip my arm around her

the cat sniffs at the wind.

© 2005 JJ Webb (Beau Blue)


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