My dear friend SLG turned me on to the following poem.
Upon reading it, I knew I wanted to share it with the Breaking the Mirror community, so I contacted the author, Alice N. Persons. She replied immediately and gave me permission to reprint the piece in its entirety here.
I’ve added two pictures below – one of Persons and one of the cat about whom she writes. (Aren’t they both lovely?)
              
If you’d like to see more of Persons’ writing (or, better yet, purchase one of her books), please head to Moon Pie Press.
(Incidentally, this piece is from Persons’ poetry chapbook NEVER …read more