I Only Ate Your Cat Because I Was Angry and It Seemed So Well-Adjusted

I Only Ate Your Cat Because I Was Angry and It Seemed So Well-Adjusted

Jay Townsend

I feel like a wild animal but not the kind that kills and howls,

free and feral or whatever the fuck.

I feel more like a half-starved coyote running scared through suburbia;

the neighborhoods

all lights and sounds and too many eyes that follow me everywhere I turn and

please stop looking at me please please please—

I just wanted to chase rabbits.

Why am I here? Why did I wander through that gap in the chain link fence, was I—

Was I chasing something? I don’t remember it’s too bright and

there’s too many people

And my instincts scream keep track of everything, there’s danger here

But I can’t keep track of anything because the light’s in my eyes, I

Please stop looking at me it’s overwhelming.