He balances,
an unlikely
longlegged parakeet
on my shoulder

rasping threats
to his blueeyed reflection;

perhaps she is mine
or stay on your side
of the glass

thin question mark tail
straightens to snake
around my throat
for balance
(or is it really
possessiveness)

such a small cat.
Slender,
dark & exquisite

as the princes
his ancestors
owned