Anticipation
Feb 5, 2021
He races upstairs
to leap on the bed before me.
He stretches, preens,
closes his eyes,
wordlessly begging for affection.
I fall under his spell,
his seduction,
his invitation to play,
and be stroked.
The ginger kitty.
Written by Margie Hord de Mendez
Canadian-Mexican linguist and translator, Margie loves to write about cross-cultural living, faith, family, aging gracefully… and more!