What images do they retain of you,
the three feline companions?
Sleeping on your bed, in attitudes
more artlessly relaxed and flexible
than those professionals, the artists' nudes,
one curls up like a snail,
pert nose to tail, antennae-whiskers raised,
vigilantly twitching as she dreams;
another sprawls more like a basking seal,
forepaws tucked under chin;
the third reclines, supine,
four-poster legs' clubbed ends like velvet
reptiles, claws like viper-eyes,
her foxy muzzle pointing to the sky...
Colonising hollows where your hips and torso
used to lie, jet fur in contact with cream fleece
localises energy, a hypnogogic static electricity
unique to cats; and I imagine, watching them,
that as their heat unlocks your scent
they dream you back with them again,
their benefactor, absent friend...
Feline Friends
© Copyright: Jena Woodhouse, 2004
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