Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

setting down

placing many things in order

like a rougarou hatching

plans

somewhere a foot rests hard

on the bad ledge

the rest of the time

we have the edge

over most men

no, that’s not right

cartwheeling simpleton

take a bow take a peek

at the good news

at the right answer

baked all day

in the fieldsmell

it’s tar

and its feet

and it jumped

right off straight off

no need for fear

since this is the final day