the
night was starting
i
just needed to put on my shoes
out
on the balcony having a smoke
i
heard my cell phone ring
a
rare occurrence
but
i rushed inside
and
found i didn’t recognize the number
i
had left the sliding glass door open
and
it didn’t take long to realize
my
cat was no longer around
i
never put on my shoes
i
stayed in all night
and
up for the same duration
with
every other beer
i
went out on the balcony
for
a cigarette
and
called for her
the
later it got
the
more i wore a groove
in
the floor of my studio apartment
covering
more ground
than
if i had gone out
and
walked the streets all night
each
trip on to the balcony
brought
more desperate cries
till
i was weeping and saying,
“kitty,
please come home”
then
like a vampire
fleeing
the rising sun
she
just strolled in
jumped
on the couch
and
started cleaning herself
i
closed the sliding glass door
and
collapsed in exhaustion on the floor
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