CATTY

i hold him up close to my nose and smell him

musty and manly and clean and cold and fresh from outdoors

he 

licks 

at the hamburger grease on my fingers 

with a rough tickle tongue

i sift and lift his catty turds from the grey ammonia gravel

congratulating him in my head

WELL DONE BOY, i think, NICE LOAD

and

then i go off to do similar myself

wondering

if he is thinking similar

while he waits

outside the bathroom door

later we sit together and watch a movie

my hands trapped below his soft belly

i dont follow the movie too well

its

tired

and 

miscast

and 

i am busy/lost even -

gazing at the delicate marvel of cattys miniature chin