Grey Tabby

i have a cat who

makes a little chirp

sound every time i

reach out to touch her

she squints and leans

in her tail twitches 

and the fur on her 

back ripples like my 

hand brushing across 

the tops of long grass

nodding in the breeze

perhaps that chirping

sound means she thinks 

i am about to punch

her in the face each 

time i approach

or maybe it is the sound

of her appreciation of the

anticipation of the caress

or maybe it is just her

saying ‘i am here

and so are you’