The cat is awake and
unlike the sun-worshipping rooster
who begins his ululation
without thought of you,
the cat begins to howl with intention.
It is an hour before your alarm clock is set to go off.
There was dream-work to be done
whatever strange twists on reality
your subconscious was working through
taking out the trash of the previous day
rearranging what was left, Tetris-like,
to save space for tomorrow so that
you don't find yourself forgetting mid-sentence
who you have been talking to -
all of this is interrupted
leaving piles of irrelevant details
like bits of film strip
scattered around the editing room of your brain.
The cat does not care about any of this -
that his howling each morning
steals a day from your life outside of the nursing home.
The cat is awake and
he wishes that you would be too.
And so you are.
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