Limbic Limbo
Large lean long hot-breathed cats
walk the night seeking sip of sum
Feline glide of purr and claw silent awe
past catnipped mouse the odds to even
Through reptile slide of black and white
hot and cold, eat and eaten
These stories grow the long ago
from tangled tongue and ear repeated
Such feed or flight of flux and feel
may strike your heel, Achilles
– Smith, 3.29.2015
