ODE TO THE CAT IN THE MIRROR
or REFLECTION ON REFLECTION

O glorious feline in the mirror,
Thou art above all others fair,
so grand and of a beauty
forever rare.
Thy whiskers stretch as wide
as all the world I have seen.
Thine eyes glow with a life and light,
beyond any flame that ever has been.
Gorgeous thou art, beyond compare.
How I worship thee and would come close.
But where is there?
~ for Tiger, 31 August 2003