Moonlit racing on my roof
neighborhood entrants unknown
no lanes or starting pistol
results unknown who won the gold?

Emerald deep blue green eyes
Russian Blue coat
visits and departs as he wishes
it’s his tuff his domain

Above the motorcycled parked storage shed
granny flat his sundeck under bushes
Moroccan brown patina green stamped cement
Life of Riley most daytime hours

Months to earn his trust
slow to let me groom him
ears head and full body massage
I’m almost trained

Slightly annoying meow
feed me before dawn arrives
water bowl cleans his paws
red chipped bark his loo

Futon sessions expanded
contact more intense and loving
responds to his given name Ozzie
living in my heart and soul