Calico Contentment
You wake up to slumber again
After scratching at my door
Until I yield and let you inside
Where you leap up onto my bed
And curl up in the sunshine
You blink slow and start to rumble
A soft, chaffing motor
As you settle down and smile
Lips curved with satisfaction
And paws tucked in underneath your belly
You yawn and rest your head
Lids coming down
And eyes shutting in the warm sunlight
Drinking in the moment
Humming along with your purr
Bit by bit you drift alseep
First your rumble hitches
Then stops
Replaced by a slow, even breathing
And quiet snores
Occasionally your whiskers twitch
And I wonder
Are you hunting in your dreams
Are you following in the pawprints
Of some greater ancestor
Are you running in your dreamscape
Are you the lioness you think you are
When you stalk the laser pointer
Like predators do on the great plains
Of the sun-beaten savannah
Are you a cougar
Scaling trees and shale
Over canyons and forests
And leaping through underbrush
On the trail of deer
Whatever the case
In the waking world
You are sweet
As is the confection
That is your namesake
Sundae
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