Cats at 2AM

Jazmine Cartwright
Oct 19
1 min read

Bottle tops

Plastic bags

Anything that moves

Paper towels

Big meows

They’ll scurry across the rooms

Terrible twos

A pair of them

In your favourite shoes

Curtains are an obstacle course

The fish tank is a pool

In the bath

Out the bath

Why are they so loud?

Up the stairs then down the stairs

They’ll scratch the chair every hour

Lick your face and smell your hair

Wiggling toes are prey

On your back with claws and that

In every inch of your skin

You’re waking up and then drifting off

Until

You hear them gallop in

Recent Posts

See All

Static sounds Talking mouths Pause, play, rewind programmes to find Brain washing by the government Watch, learn, repeat You have no say in your actions Everything is a distraction They se

Your Presence is Peaceful

I cannot count all the reasons why I love you One will come to mind & A hundred will follow It’s much deeper than a present Or your clothing that I borrow I’ll look into your eyes & my mind will be a

Your Home is in Your Heart

Looking down at the flames Causes tears in the eyes It’s warm down there But the clouds are right Bubbling below is the bustling city life It felt like home Until you moved from the lights Home is whe

Jazmine Cartwright

Comments