Stray Cats In Athens
sitting atop a hill
watching the sun rise behind a hill out in the distance
with pearl jam’s
“long road”
humming warm in my ears
the light shone over the city
& i could not hear the meowings
of the
seven or eight stray cats climbing up the hill that i myself had been
sitting on
& now i see these cats approaching
all bearing different scrapes
all mangy & differently shaped
coming towards me
in an effort, no doubt,
to get something to eat,
prior to being scooped up by the little
van that rolls around the city
looking to nab strays &
drag them back to the butchery
to meet their demise.
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2011
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