SMOKER WOMAN
Woman hunches on glider swing
not moving except her arm
guiding cigarette up…down.
Pink robe blooms around her
like cold morning air rouging
cheeks in old-lady powder.
Smoke/breath mingle
in pre-dawn gloom
as black cat consumes breakfast
on doorstep, cleans face
leaving fat fur unfurled
against frost-sparkling fingertips.
Oblivious to woman
smoking, staring
at two black labs across the street
as they wrestle couch pieces
into smaller, smaller fragments
strewn like snowman parts
lying abandoned on lawn.
Cars drive by with drivers thinking
two dogs are going to be in trouble
when owners go outside —
another episode
for pink-robed woman
to share with black cat.