Poem in Your Pocket Day

Today is April 26, 2012. As it happens, it’s Poem in your Pocket Day.

So I wrote a poem. I wasn’t sure what to write about, so I looked for a prompt on-line. I found one here: Write an ode to the first thing you look at.

I looked at my cat Niko. Niko usually has his tongue hanging out of his mouth. He’s kind of a disaster, after having lived for many years as a feral cat.

Here’s my poem:

Ode to a Drooling Cat

How do you sleep, your face flat down,
Or jammed into a sack?

How do you lay in such repose,
Without wrecking your back?

How do you rise, your back end first,
Unwinding like a spool?

Oh! How you make me laugh with joy,
Each time I see you drool!