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Never park the Datsun B
Circa 1983
With its radiator leak
Next to a Tesla
In the street -- you never know
When those things just may explode
People gather with their phones
For social media

So, walk the long way to the home
Where Mother sits alone
1950s music on
With a rubber baby
Making with your fingers
Wings upon your shoulders
Footpath shadow long and
Another sun behind

If it's on your mind
The length of time
The cat's been missing
You have
Seen enough to know
Cats will always come home
If and when

Never turn the TV on
It hangs the towels
And dries the socks
Sofa-side unfinished books
Of doodles in the margins
And answer all unanswered calls
When someone puts
An end to wars
Put another mix-tape on
From the year 2000

If it's on your mind
The length of time
The cat's been missing
You have
Seen enough to know
Cats will always come home
If and when
If and then
If and then

~ Brendan Bonsack 2025



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