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  • Cats no less liquid than their shadows

    From randymon@randymon@tilde.club to tilde.poetry on Sat Aug 22 15:10:29 2026
    Cats

    Cats no less liquid than their shadows
    Offer no angles to the wind.
    They slip, diminished, neat through loopholes
    Less than themselves; will not be pinned

    To rules or routes for journeys; counter
    Attack with non-resistance; twist
    Enticing through the curving fingers
    And leave an angered empty fist.

    They wait obsequious as darkness
    Quick to retire, quick to return;
    Admit no aim or ethics; flatter
    With reservations; will not learn

    To answer to their names; are seldom
    Truly owned till shot or skinned.
    Cats no less liquid than their shadows
    Offer no angles to the wind.

    -- A. S. J. Tessimond
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