Cat Journal

Cat's Whiskers in the Dark

this cat danced with her belly
at night.
in Moracco at weddings
had wet limbs wore silk baggies
wrapped tight at the ankles.
she twisted her whole body down
then her stomach became an egg
this egg, golden-seamed.

eclectic dark shadows rained down
on her posed acquatic dance in
water under magnetic lights.
she rotated around aroused men
who took out dollar bills
blew them away
made a nest around the dancing lilt
of the cat with them.

a woman who sat smoking stones
said “No! It’s impossible!” but
the cat didn’t hear
arched backwards
planted two mosaic paws like pillars
at the height of the great green nest
bound to get rich

the golden--seamed egg she was
took flight rising
higher than a chandelier into the
dim-lit palpitations of the
festive night