One’s Own Advice

irony, life, metaphor, poetry

I laugh at my cat
when I brush her
and she bristles a hiss
at the slightest touch
lao tzu said wait
for the water to clear
I think let the brush move
like a purr through air
yet I bristle
at the slightest
comment offered
when I should laugh
(July 2012)

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I am a poet and a teacher living in central Texas. I attended The University of Texas at Austin, and Middlebury College's Breadloaf School of English.

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