Reveience -Vanessa Pham-
The
cat
meowed
for
more
after ingesting
crumbs of cheese.
the last
Instead of yielding to her pleas, I
yielded to
my God
about bigger problems, praying aloud to hear myself
over the cat's high-pitched demands.
After
some minutes,
silence.
I
raised
my
head
to see the cat still,
sitting
on her haunches,
mouth and eyes closed, head bowed like a humbled Sphinx, as though
my
prayer
petitioned her to pause for
something greater
than cheese.
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