Nine Lives

"Nine Lives, by Dan Adams

Our cat like to
sleep in a box
filled with photos
and documents --
memories of my
childhood.

Like the gangster
in the late
late movie --
my past is being ripped
and shredded --
destroyed forever.

Today
he ate the head of
Father Burns --
tore the left arm
off Sister Anthony --
my elementary school
principal.

Nice kitty.