Kinship
Lima Cat sits at the edge of the kitchen window,
Tail a-swishing,
Muscles twitching.
Hunger brings the be-wintered Chickadees
To the feeder,
Forays from the surrounding firs and pines.
A black-capped bird alights on window ledge
Strewn with sunflower seeds.
Back arched, Lima tenses;
Her eyes fixed and focused,
Her paw flicks out,
Tck.
A futile tap against the window pane.
I sit at my laptop,
Two million years and seven thousand miles from
The Plains of Africa.
Tck.Tck.Tck.
James T Jones 
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