Kitten joy

There's something about living with a kitten.

We live with kitten joy:

Ever hopeful

Her milk ring

Will be discovered

Where she found it

Four days ago.

Last night she dropped it

In the open dish

Of parmesan cheese.

Only by chance

We opened the container

Before putting it away.

There it was.

Milk ring

Oh milk ring

Oh plastic milk ring

Such simple kitten joy.

She knew

We’d find it

Where she left it

Just as she knows

There are milk rings

Under every cushion

If we would but only

Look.