poetry

Life Lesson from a Feline

The tip, tip, tap
of tiny cats paws
traverse the kitchen floor
as she walks
to the drinking fountain.
She sits beside it,
dips one foot in,
and licks the water
from her paw.
This is how she drinks,
one molecule
at a time,
taking life
in increments
and savoring
the taste.

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