indoors – Selected haiku

14 April 2022

cat wants me to share
my joy with her, use my hands
for pets, not photos

delivered: box of
gray, furry, purring tofu. 
it’s too cute to eat

cradled cat, cranky
about cuddles, scowls and con-
-templates breaking out

laundry basket holds
cat, warm and fluffy without
going in dryer

heard sneezes under 
my bed, found adorable
nose-havers (cute cats)

spider plants, living
high life, mock cat who wishes
to destroy, eat them

cat’s flat back, high tail
and ears share his request for 
pets sans human speech

photographing cute
cat poses before they move
is like herding cats

Grey menace tries sink-
-ing his teeth into beer bot-
-tle; his prey prevails

all shall bend the knee
and swear their fealty to the
baby carrots' king