The cat considers

Today is not as cold as predicted.  The temperature is only -5 F.  Positively balmy.  Still, the sun carries no heat for the cat.  He is still trying every possible heat vent, each of which is next to a window.  I also remember it is time for the windows to be replaced come spring.

The cat considers

The pale patch of sun

Lined across

The living room floor.

The beam

Is weak.

The snow and cold

Muffle any heat

The sun might carry.

The cat

Remembers sun

The way it should be.

He considers different heat vents

On the floor.

I sit in the sun

Pale and weak

Though it is.

I, too, remember sun

The way it used to be.

I, too, remember sun

The way it might be

Again.