in other words
–charles bukowski
the Egyptians loved the cat
were entombed with it
instead of with the women
and never with the dogbut now
here
good people with
good eyes
are very fewyet fine cats
with great style
lounge about
in the alleys of
the universe.about
our argument tonight
whatever it was
about
andno matter how unhappy
it made us
feelremember that
there is a
cat
somewhere
adjusting to the
space of itself
with a delightful
gracein other words
magic persists
without us
no matter what
we may try to do
to spoil it.