PETS IN THE KITCHEN
Practicing Being Cats

Silent, with fluidity,
two fiercely tumbling calico cats
untwine in sudden peace, to groom —
(poker-bodied, secretly).

Unwarned, they swiftly crouch-pounce-swat
with hunter's skill among the pots.
Storing up dignity by the fallen broom,
they warm it in blissful majesty.

Refreshed, one stalks the kitchen mat
begging a tidbit, or another room.
O former Egyptian deity,
how cornered you are:
          What domesticity!