house of cats

Food! And affection!
Clean cat box! And attention!
It’s ALL about her

Her sad meow of
Existential howl rends
But is fake, I laugh

Hug her to my ear
Purr rumble against my chest
Proper start to day

I give the cat ham
She rubs my leg in purr fur
Walks to wife for more

Suncat lies in light
Curving purr, lick stretch fur, yawn
So slow, motion art

The cat wakes my wife
Each morning at 4 a.m.
Get up! Time to play!

Cat walks a thin line
Between cute and obnoxious
Cuddle or cat gut

Steven B. Smith

mindfreeze like winter
words locked and trapped in the brain
rush hour in the head

klf

I’d just like to talk to you
Is that creepy I know I’m
A bit older than you yet
I’m drawn to you like a
Child’s drawn to a puppy
I just want to hold you
Breathe you in & let you
Lick my face that’s not
Really creepy is it I’d lick
Yours if you wanted

Hey / wait up

KE

Two subjects I abhor, all we ever hear,
myself and poetry.
Isn’t there something else to put down
on the paper?

Myself and poetry
Now and then a war,
that’s often in the paper,
a good reason to be outraged.

I said now and then a war,
aren’t you listening?
Your inattention is outrageous
I’m saying a war here.

You’re not listening,
war, baby, war. Me, poetry, war.,
Your lack of attention is outrageous
sometimes “luv” and cancer

Me, poetry, war,
it’s so boring, every new poem,
sometimes “luv” and cancer
it’s all we ever hear

It’s so boring, every new poem,
me, poetry, war, “luv”, cancer
ALL WE EVER HEAR,
subjects I abhor. And folklore.

Jack McGuane

give thanks to excess
invaders celebrating
rape and gluttony

klf