Kitten Dreams
I told the small-footed dreamer,
Your hopes are kittens.
Do not pussyfoot around.
They grow into strays
clawing at each other,
begging the small-footed
maven for sour milk.
--Eleanor Abernathy
Elanor Abernathy holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and a J.D. from Yale Law School. Ms. Abernathy juggled the trials and travails of two careers for years until alcohol and pain medication forced her to reexamine her priorities. After losing both her licenses, she turned to therapy and discovered her niche as a cat lover. When she is not writing, she collects stray cats. She is founder and editor of the periodical Alley Cat Voyeur which intimately and respectfully examines the lives of stray cats.
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2 comments:
magnificent.
a great poem in its own right!
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