A Cat, Licking His Testicles

I was sitting there.

It was hot.

Too hot.

So hot that it made murder

seem plausible

and hate

the only purpose

of the human race.

I am a freckled white man

with

white eyebrows

and

white eyelashes

and very

white ass.

whatever pRiVilEdGe such whiteness may entail

it stops, in the sunshine.

Close to the edge

of madness

or murder,

with the great failings

of the world

neatly tucked

in my pocket,

there he was:

the back alley maestro,

the dumpster diver,

King

of

the

concrete

Jungle,

the Street Cat.

He lay prone

and stretched,

on the sizzling concrete

watching me

watching him

as the sweaty

public

were forced to walk

around, his Majesty.

As if to further

demonstrate

his superiority

he raised a leg

at 90 degrees,

revealing

a surprising pair

of large testicles.

(In my head)

he winked

and then

with only the

grace

a cat can allow

licked those large testicles

with great pride

as us mere humans

fizzed

in the heat

like salted snails...

There is a lesson

to be learned here

but for the life

of me

I can't

figure it out.