[lit-ideas] WEDNESDAY POEM
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:47:43 -0600
IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER
I have two cats.
They live both in and out.
Tribulation,
a male,
who's calm and laid back
and solid white and beautiful
with Paul Newman eyes,
but who acts more like Diogenes of Sinope
especially when he looks at me
like he's going to spit in my face,
corrupted little creature that I am.
The other,
Trouble,
a female,
skittish and twice at least as intelligent
as her beautiful blue eyed brother
looks at me with her head cocked to the side,
dog like,
her eyes wide with puzzlement and wonder.
She thinks me a genius,
so facile am I at opening a door.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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