Staged House with Cat This house seems empty this morning And the cat cannot understand. He does not connect the For Sale sign on the roadside with the uncharacteristically tidy rooms he roams through. The house is a motel this morning Inoffensive paintings and the books are fewer on the shelves. They are organized by color and not by subject, James' Tropic of Cancer and Balzac's Droll Stories Displayed in spite of their content. The house is quiet this morning Save for the meowling of the cat Who calls for answers in the empty rooms And longs for the murmur of voices At the kitchen table.
Š Neil McKay 2012