Cats pretend.
A candy wrapper found,
A crackly sound,
The paper's come to life.
The little gray one catches it,
Runs away with it in her mouth.
It is almost a mouse,
But it is fully a little gift
To lay at the feet of her boy.

Some humans can only see
The concrete dry.
Others find an opportune moment
To sculpt their children's hands
And write a date.
Abstract pretensions
Show our close evolutionary connection
With house cats,
At least with those of us
That can pretend.
-jenn