Where’s the Cat?

Today I saw a cat – What’s special about that?

It wasn’t on the floor Nor sat beside a door Where they are known to wait Nor on its garden gate Watching out for a mouse But rather in its house – I saw through the window Where it’d chosen to go In full view of the sun This is what it had done – Had laid itself out flat Upon a table mat Taking up all the space Upon that dining place

March 2022 © Mary Deaves