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Eviction Notice

bethblairnh8
Dec 28, 2022
1 min read

I lie on the sofa and listen

to the rain pour down

thinking

I don’t want to leave

my house my cat my mind

I can hear the slow thump of time

as it walks up the breezeway.

The doorknob turns, testing.

How can I protect this

fragile scrap of now?

the glowing wood stove

the sleeping cat

my random thoughts

What if I knew the hour

time would break the door

throw me from my house

throw me from my mind

throw the sleeping cat

into the cold night.

What would I do, really?

Can I write fast enough

to stay one step ahead?

and

who will care

for my cat?

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