LOVE HANDLES

Cats also have love handles,
soft pockets of fur flaps
that wiggle when they walk
like a runway model
in a swing coat
letting each thrust
of her hips reveal
all the soft longing
for the days before
she had her tubes tied.

—Joan Digby

 

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Cross-Cultural Communications Art & Poetry Series Broadsides # 68