“Stray”

by Mazzaroth Carrol

(@snaildry)

There is a stray following me,

Hardly close enough to see,

Paws wet and dripping-doused in debris,

And I wish he would go away,

On brighter days I forgot his presence,

On darker days he shines fluorescent,

I wish, just for once, I could learn my lesson,

Do not feed the stray.