tail up
purr
walk the dinner party legs
brush figure-of-infinity
stroke me

watching the myriad
lean down
claw slashed
blood

no not that
not stroke
stroke me
don't

there's an unfed
a hunger
the slashing
there's a block

my legs are purred
i know the tale
i stand away

my legs are purred
i know the tale
i hold away

my legs are purred
i know the tale

but the persistence
the persistence

my legs are purred
my hands bleed

sod the fucking cat