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Reverence by Vanessa Pham
from Legacy 2007
Reverence
by Vanessa Pham
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The cat meowed for more
after ingesting
the last crumbs of cheese.
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.
