She...longed <br />to do <br /> <br />'this! ' <br /> <br />But - she didn't. <br /> <br />She stopped <br />herself in her tracks <br /> <br />& <br />reached to stroke <br /> <br />- the cat. <br /> <br />He...longed <br />to do <br /> <br />'that! |' <br /> <br />But - daren't. <br /> <br />He thought: 'Damn... <br />well...that's...that! ' <br /> <br />reduced to stroking <br /> <br />- the cat. <br /> <br />Their hands <br />electric with yearning <br /> <br />touched <br /> <br />& one thing <br />(a little bit of 'this! ') <br /> <br />led to an... <br />(a little bit of 'that! ') <br /> <br />...other <br /> <br />Amazed they wandered <br />through the maze of <br /> <br />each other. <br /> <br />The cat <br /> <br />- had kittens.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/catalyst-3/
