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LATITUDES, 4th EDITION
​Poetry  

Since the Cat Left
​by Michael Foley

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since the cat left
my heart—a flutter
against the pane
looking for a way out
or a way in
a shadow of wings
pressed like lithographic
impressions of flight
not so much blurry
as arrhythmic 
 
who’d have thought
being free means
being on time
beating
opening 
closing
winged hinge
not like the inter-island wind
finding its way into one nostril
only to find its way out the other
 
what was once a purring
is no more
and since the chili pepper bush
was planted too far from the downspout
his grave lies vague and unmarked
his ninth life was tender
a kitten in the body of a warrior
and a killer
his ghost continued to come round
until I got a dog
and now he’s truly in the ground
 
a melodious laughing thrush 
sings loud and long
at his passing
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