Plain Cat Poem by RIC BASTASA

i do not have the mood
for tautologies
and dialectics
and metaphors

so a cat is just a
cat and the printer
is just another printer
and the bloody ink
is just the plain
bloody ink on those
literal floors

but i like your
idea of the cat calling
for a cat's nap ang
perhaps a little pat
on her back

cats too have
birthdays and
metaphors may
convert them
to wives and
concubines

cats and moons
struck and grinning.