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Rated: E · Poetry · Animal · #2154527

Just a little fun with my cat.

Devil's Game

I nudged
the sleeping cat
who slid

from the foot
stool
landing upside
down

but righted
herself instantly
as if she'd
meant
to land that way.

I'm sorry,
but the devil
made me
do it.
~~judi Van Gorder

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