"Serial Killer"

It was fine when you
dealt with the mice.

Such finesse!

I appreciated your work.
Truly I did.

But things have changed.

The neighbors have started to complain.
They are not amenable to dead squirrels
plastered on their macadem driveways.

They are certainly not open even
to the occasional possum entrail
displayed on their tidy patios.

I try to pretend I have no idea
where these things come from.

I am scared to admit
my complicity in your
deliberate
dismemberments.

I should never
have brought you home...

I had a choice.

The world is
full of

felines

less murderous.