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Puss, Puss
by Alyson Faye

See me once,

stroke me so,

feel me purr, purring,

then walk on by.

.

See me twice,

you laugh then sigh,

‘Are you homeless? Pretty kitty?’

as I wrap around your thigh.

.

See me thrice,

you take me with you,

lodge me in your hearth

in your heart, in your home.

.

You text, WhatsApp,

Snapchat and Twitter,

post photos of us

cheek to cheek

‘Puss, sweet Puss, ‘

you croon.

.

I dream of… her,

of her coming.

My true beloved, Esme …

my mistress, my maker.

.

She – will take your

face, your family,

your name, your soul,

and bury you so deep –

.

until you are just

a tiny voice crying

unheard, in the darkness

‘Puss, puss. Help me.’

Purr, purr.

 

Fiction © Copyright Alyson Faye
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

More from Alyson Faye:

The Lost Girl & Spindleshanks

The Lost Girl
A nailed-up door. An inheritance which comes with a ghost. A missing girl. A fifty-year-old mystery. Parapsychologist Berkley Osgood is hired to investigate. What he uncovers reveals secrets the living want to hide and the dead will never forgive.

Spindleshanks
Adam is having nightmares about a skeletal shadow figure, who he calls Spindleshanks. Soon his whole class are sharing the same nightmare. Adam’s dad, Rob, knows that Spindleshanks can’t be real. But is he? One terrible night Rob has to face his son’s nightmare creature and fight for his son’s life. What would you sacrifice to have your child back safe?

“A decent two-for-one. Alyson Faye brings the engaging and eerie in equal measure.” CC Adams – horror / dark fiction author

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