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MIDNIGHT CAT by Betty Sanders Garner Ontario, Canada

By the moon’s white light: the neighbourhood stray hungry eyes devouring my fishpond full of stars I open a can of tuna place it on the step outside the door Tin grates on concrete as his velvet tongue cleans every scrap of fish from the can He looks up at the window touches all the bare places inside me and swiftly melts into the night

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