Smile
It was the purr she heard first,
so loud it was almost a growl.
But a dog up a tree?
No, she knew that would be mad!
So she wasn’t surprised to see a cat
when she looked up
and wasn’t surprised to see it smiling.
She expected it to be happy with so loud a purr.
You must be pleased to see me, she thought,
watching it stretch and sleepily curl.
She felt sleepy too so she curled like the cat.
And together they dreamed smiley dreams
until she heard a crash
as the branches broke
and the cat landed heavily in her lap.
Then she woke
to find
the cat had disappeared.
Only the smile remained.
And that weighed nothing at all.

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