to his appolonian
defecations
his feline friend
jumps after him
and leaps and
rolls at his feet
in his pants looking
through his legs
for affection
she joins him too
while he writes or
reclines
whenever his mind
exhales she rubs his
body
her dander caught
like a knot of yearning
in his throat
her hairs
delicately
tickling inside his
underwear
she reads the screen,
rubs her head on the keyboard
wrist rest
and lunges toward
the hinges
on his red
suspenders
(bites his buttons and
plays her scent glands
through his beard)
purring in appreciation
at the electronic clickety-clack:
the keyboard song
like the smell and effort
of the bathroom
or the alpha-wave repose of
channel surfing
exciting her to contact,
to curiosity and
to love
About 1991 to January 2005