Picture

Does a leopard change its spots? Sometimes.

I thought

The kitten had succumbed

To the morning sunlight

She even smelled

Grandfather cat’s ear

And that

Was enough.

It looked as though

They would sleep

Together in the sun

What a picture

I thought

I should take a picture

I thought

I waxed poetic

About lions and lambs

Kittens growing up

Everyone sleeping together

In the sun.

Then

All hell broke loose.