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Sep 2023
To say you had claws
is an understatement

your cat talons
like little saws

could have cut away
a forest

and

the snaking scar
you made so long ago

still  runs down
my arm

and gives me devilish
inspiration

which is why
it's called

Old Scratch
A whimsical word painting.
Whit Howland
Written by
Whit Howland
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