another cat will end things

i don't want to call

her a cat

lady,

just yet, but she's up

to three

felines now.

i trip over a litter

box

when i go into

her bedroom

and fall into another

one.

an orange cat 

jumps on me

and scratches my face.

bad cat,

she says, going for

the band aid and

hydrogen peroxide.

she's never done that

before.

this relationship

might not

work out after all.