Woman and Cat

it will soon be evening the fish will be cooked with the head and tail on fried with ginger and lemon grass on a black iron skillet the head and tail of the large cod will be given to the cat the woman could eat both head and tail they are the best parts of the fish but she loves her cat the cat consumes the fish head and the tail then go out to watch the birds until they disappear into the dusk the woman eats the tender white fish with lemon a thick slice of new baked bread and much salty butter for her supper the bones of the fish she plants in her small garden to nourish the soil soon the cat will smell the new green growths and love her more flowers will bloom under a fish-eyed sky small birds are safe for another day