still life

turtle green eyes stare wide off the back
of the couch strewn with catnip porous by hundreds of thousands 

of claws. fleck of tail. gnash of teeth

the red sun rising       #katyamills

still life '19

summer got diluted by the stained glass. some kids were playing chess in the soft light behind. a fish in a bowl swam in it. the heat lost its arrogance on the sill. The dog asleep and the cat, up high and still.  -katya