Cats Still Prefer Love's Trouble

And other musings in tanka form

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Thalassa in light,
Waves sparking in the low sun
Push the earth to awe.
If I look from my ferry,
Will a dolphin bless my wake?

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Wish upon a star
And decipher its answer,
Hear the horrid cry.
Telescopes notice the glint
Of hunger in blackest reach.

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The dinosaur age
Is a voluminous blip
On human radars.
What if the same reptiles saw
How large our ravages are?

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Lustily eldritch,
Cats still prefer love’s trouble
For reasons unknown.
They slip to nightmare spaces
And still make it home for treats.

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After rains, heat is
Lord of the home that I have
Which treats me lukewarm.
Sweat clutches my pores on runs,
And dead gnats hug me till dusk.