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magicat

Sometimes

I watch
The cat
Turn into
A bag
It's the strangest 
Thing
And I don't know
How she does 
It
No smoke or mirrors
No slight of hand
One minute 
A cat
The next a bag 
 
Sometimes 
I watch 
The bag
And no matter 
How hard it 
Tries
It cannot turn 
Itself 
Into a cat
Or anything else 
For that matter 
 
Once 
Very late at
Night 
So very late 
It was probably 
Morning
I watched a jumper 
Turn into 
A cat 
And that was 
Truly a sight 
To see
Though when I 
Got up
To stroke it
It wasn't a cat 
At all
Just a pile of
Clothes 
In a washing basket 
 
So now I wonder 
If ever there 
Is a cat 
At all
Or even a bag 
Or a pile of
Clothes 
For that matter
Is anything 
Really 
There 
At all
Or is everything 
Just my eyes
Playing
Tricks
With 
What once 
I thought 
Was maybe 
The shadows 
Of the
Light 

◄ night crawlers

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