Catmint eaters

--for f

The river is suspect and mesmerizing
Overgrown with a grass suspect and enchanting
A full sun perennial
Padded paws for leaves
Flowers yellow green or blue, blooming as the night falls
Swaying and purring in the wind
The furry panacea
Induces lucid remembrance or oblivion
About this life or that, today or the day before last
Or how we never leave the banks
Sometimes we sleep, like stones deep in the water
Each one a dream that is, was, or will be
And maybe somebody awakes, eyes meeting the sky
Grass-blade caresses gentle on her cheeks
Not quite hearing the sound washed away in the shades of green
While a cloud of a familiar shape drifts past
Over its own reflection on the river


（可以參看：〈吃貓薄荷的人〉）