by Jan Castagnaro

Created on: January 01, 2010   Last Updated: June 11, 2011

Schizophrenically skittish, she stealthily scales the stairs.

Hidden in the darkness of a nighttime cloak,

Those veiled eyes of onyx, prowling for her next victim.

Her claws in ready mode like opaque hooks for gouging flesh.

Twitchy ears flicker as if she suffered a nervous tic.

Her pitter-pat paws pace aimlessly away

As she kills the hours of night on insomniac patrol.

Her panicky stomach leaves warm surprises

For unsuspecting bare feet—Hairballs!

Inspired by my daughter Helene's very skittish paranoid kitty "Garphelia".

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