"tanka for the stray cats outside my window" by Jack Apollo Hartley

porchlight-lit lovers,

they spoon tabby over white—

dream their own warm home.

let the sun burn out, freeze black,

so as not to interrupt.

Jack Apollo Hartley (@jackpollyharts) is a trans bi poet who wrote this with a teeny little tear in his eye because oh my god, those poor cats, oh no, jeez, and it's about to be winter, too.