spilled ink and bottle hovering over the carpet.
a black cat laying lazily on the desk
tail swishing in the sunlight

black pawprints on the scrolls of my Charms homework
and a chewed up quill on the chair
that smells like gum

“homorphus”

the ink and bottle both fall to the carpet
my roommate is now laying on my desk, half asleep,
her tail slowly disappearing into nothing

her hands and bare feet covered in black ink
bits of feather in her grinning mouth
and a small *** of pink gum
in her hair