18th December 2019

brightness
beneath the heavy clouds
sauntering crows

© Rachel Green 2019

Guilt and Regret
23.

so yes
walking the dog
(note singular in how-many-years?)
and the cat follows me
along Hunloke Avenue
down Central Avenue
over Walton Drive
to Sycamore Avenue,
where Moose barks
and another dog barks back.
The cat runs off
in the direction of home
and doesn't return
all morning
all afternoon
all evening.
My fault, of course.
I should have carried him home.
locked him in the house.
and the guilt piles on.
Cue frantic posts on message boards,
facebook, nextdoor
and a house of misery
until he strolls in at 10PM
stinking of fish.
purr. purr. purr.

© Rachel Green 2019