Monthly Archives: October 2025

The boys sleepover
While we watch ours on a map
We run their old play

Glance out the window
Black stray cat in our backyard
With a dead bunny

Electrician hunts
The scorched remains on the wall
Faulty smoky wire

The cat left a trace
It’s the weird keyboard clanking
From his clomping feet

The outlet sizzled
Plugging in the work laptop
Afternoon escape

Our story, three slides
On a sleepy-eyed Monday
Did the lunch drink help?

Our routines were off
Waiting for the cat to join
Knowing he wouldn’t

Showed he was ready
He picked the spot as we sobbed
Our cat’s light went dark

Food bowl is untouched
As he hides behind the couch
Like when we met him