angst cycle (ii) 
tail up
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
 
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