I have five minutes
Before the cat interrupts me
With cries of "let me in"
Which are so similar to his cries of
"let me out"
uttered just now.
This demanding animal
My constant companion
The devil who sits on my shoulder
The mirror which shows my true face
Like a benign tumor
He has become entwined around my lungs
my brain, my heart
He will remain there, doing no harm
Just stretching his sinewed arms around my organs
To catch his claws a centimeter farther
To own me a little more