Softly landing on its pads, the cat is
Sensuous, slinky, its furry rotundity
Clinging as it presses to us, on its way
Elsewhere. The cat's indifference is
Sexy. It calls for seduction and art.
There is no easy in maintaining her
Attention or keeping her favors close.
She knows what she wants but may
Not want what she knows. Softly,
She will land by your side and move
Quickly away, suddenly disinterested.
https://wp.me/p8jzUa-4O from 2013 included this A footnote: Over 50 years ago, I wrote a poem in which
desire crept quietly on little cat feet, and the steamy heat
is all that remains of the original in my mind. This attempt
to reconstruct completely misses but it’s fun trying!
Tamara, really 