style



the cat is sleeping
on the keyboard
so I will have to
write this poem by hand
and type it later,
first
cleaning hair
from the keys
and checking to be sure
it isn't all
gummed up
inside.

odd, how a cat
will choose the most
uncomfortable place and
by lying there
make it look soft ~
as if sleep
were neither rest
nor oblivion
but an accomplishment,
something to be
done with
style.


© 1977 by Beth Stevens





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