By Bonnie Thompson Enes
Fred
Tuxedo cat
Sleeps sleeps sleeps
Once younger than I now
Older.
Fred
Tuxedo cat
3:00 am pulls chain above bed
Light turns on I let him
Out.
Fred
Tuxedo cat
When younger waited at end of road
Chased my car home he always
Won.
Fred
Tuxedo cat
20 years old his wrinkled skin
Like a sock without
A foot.
Fred
Tuxedo cat
Crawls onto my lap his head
Nudges my hand ends our
Cinquain.
Bonnie Thompson Enes of Bloomfield is a poet whose work has appeared in several anthologies and magazines.
Readers are invited to submit original work on a topic of their choosing to Kolot. Submissions should be sent to judiej@jewishledger.com.
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