Manuela Cardiga - Guilty Pleasures and Culinary Treasures

CAT WOMAN IN A FEATHERED MASK

My cat-self dances a tangled yarn

Of soft-furred kitty-charm 

Drawn between cat-paws 

Pat-patting velvet-claws

My cat-self scratches needle-sharp 

Kneads and needs with plaintive cries 

Arching against your thighs 

Shapes sinuous and sly

My cat-self bats your tale 

To and fro, tail twitching leaps 

Strolls around it testing questing 

Tilting slanted eyes

My cat-self cat-cradles 

In your arms yawns pink-tongued 

And lies supine silken soft 

Swooning purring sighs

My cat-self lies- she craves 

The barbed thrust savage 

Tongue-rasp kiss-sharp bite 

Screams delight, shudders cries
And sighing dies.


Manuela Cardiga