Recovery requires a bit
more attention from my wife
than usual:
the cat's suspicions
start to swell into resentment.
He just doesn't like me, anyway,
in spite of my efforts to become
staff-person of the year. Now this.
She sets the steaming cup beside me.
He stares at this unfolding outrage
from the back of the couch, sunlight
streaming in behind him haloing his fur.
"How are you?" I ask him.
He stares. Stares, not blinking.
"I didn't get brain surgery to spite you,"
I say, sipping Earl Grey cautiously.
He lowers his head onto his paws
and closes his eyes.
the cat's suspicions
start to swell into resentment.
He just doesn't like me, anyway,
in spite of my efforts to become
staff-person of the year. Now this.
She sets the steaming cup beside me.
He stares at this unfolding outrage
from the back of the couch, sunlight
streaming in behind him haloing his fur.
"How are you?" I ask him.
He stares. Stares, not blinking.
"I didn't get brain surgery to spite you,"
I say, sipping Earl Grey cautiously.
He lowers his head onto his paws
and closes his eyes.
hans ostrom 2023
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