(cat and rat)
Stationed at the window,
she waited for a glimpse of him,
brown and white and trim,
with lavish whiskers and a long,
sleek tail. Each time he scooted past
she hurled herself against the glass,
then waited till he punctually
ran back up again. And thus for days
and weeks, becoming more obsessed.
"She's probably in love with him,"
I told myself. Until the most grotesque
occurred. I found them both, his head
gnawed off, she gloating like Salome
over what was left.
Tonight she took her customary place
beside the sill, and trained her predatory
gaze upon the pane, like one bereft.
Salome
© Copyright: Jena Woodhouse, 2003
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Dear Jena.
The allegory is striking. (Lou Andreas Salome is who I pictured vividly reading your cat riddle.) Female predators are just as ruthless as male. Very impressive, dear.
Yours truly, Yankee san:)
Янки 18.12.2003 22:04 • Заявить о нарушении
The allegory is striking. (Lou Andreas Salome is who I pictured vividly reading your cat riddle.) Female predators are just as ruthless as male. Very impressive, dear.
Yours truly, Yankee san:)
Янки 18.12.2003 22:04 • Заявить о нарушении
Mais quelle femme fatale... quelle femme enigmatique...
(I do hope, incidentally, that these few words offered en passant do not bring any Francophone clones rushing out of the woodwork...)
Jena Woodhouse 19.12.2003 10:26 Заявить о нарушении
(I do hope, incidentally, that these few words offered en passant do not bring any Francophone clones rushing out of the woodwork...)
Jena Woodhouse 19.12.2003 10:26 Заявить о нарушении