NIGHT CAT
in a grey mountain cottage
I stare at blank paper finger
a silver pen suddenly I smell
heavy musk see a line of large
paw prints across the red comforter
twilight falls away from turquoise
I hear the screak of claws
in the wooden ceiling stop
I breathe in it breathes out
it's up there eyes shut tight
waiting for crickets and stars
for the shroud of dusk the roll
of black on white for the time
of its dream descent to feed
on words in the dark of night