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