Blue Cat

 
With half-cocked motion
the steel-blue cat stalks
a fluttering moth against
filigreed curtains.

The summer-struck window
ricochets the blonde landscape
as a eucalyptus filled breeze disturbs
his futile stare.

The years crouch upon weary haunches
as his eyes measure the impossible leap;
his tail twitches back
to a slight quivering meow.
 
John H. Freeman
 

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