A Poem for April

I wrote this poem in 2007.  It's not a great poem, but it's the only one I ever wrote about April.  So here it is.

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april alley cat

the cat

sits perched

atop a red SUV

in a downtown parking lot

on a cold april day

just staring at me

as though in a challenge

“what’re you gonna do about it”

not a damn thing

because its cold outside

and i want to get inside to my tea