the cat

the cat is asleep
his head upside down
his stomach

wrapped around
and warmed by
the blinking modem

It's raining outside  
Me?
I’m open to the world

like a wound
and happy knowing
my hands

were shaped by trees
I look out
to the universe

through the window
It’s easy to see
there's a whole in it

Meanwhile
the cat shifts
to my lap

It cares nothing
for my abstractions
It knows

the truest
part of me
is my heat.

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Salil Chaturvedi
salilwheels@gmail.com