How Cats Love
living with animals
many times smaller
makes you realize
how much they trust
how ruby thrusts her throat
into my hand
knowing i will only give her scritches
how peanut waits patiently
when she wants to bolt
for me to step out of her way
how gizmo lays still
on the bed
purring
trusting i wont pick him up
how pounce gets pills
shoved down his throat
but still demands pets
or how bear
my highly reactive baby
trusts me to give her just
the pets she wants
and not a touch more
i wonder
if they notice
that the trash bags get snapped open
with a door closed between us















