Envy
Laura Pendell
I dreamed
I had a tail.
And took
to wearing
skirts.
Not
to hide it--
I couldn’t
find
pants
with a
proper opening.
I wasn’t sure
what to do
with it,
so I sat
next to a cat
and asked:
What do you
do with this?
The cat replied:
You don’t do
anything.
It’s not something
to do something with.
It takes care of itself.
It does
what it
wants to,
and smiled,
watching
her own tail
twitch
back
&
forth.
Laura Pendell
I dreamed
I had a tail.
And took
to wearing
skirts.
Not
to hide it--
I couldn’t
find
pants
with a
proper opening.
I wasn’t sure
what to do
with it,
so I sat
next to a cat
and asked:
What do you
do with this?
The cat replied:
You don’t do
anything.
It’s not something
to do something with.
It takes care of itself.
It does
what it
wants to,
and smiled,
watching
her own tail
twitch
back
&
forth.