I'm Going to Kill My Cat

Tupperware
hitting the floor has an unmistakable sound.

Bean water everywhere
in the kitchen.

Chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, basil, salt
and navy beans
look terrible across the tiles.

Cooling them off in plastic to eat later and
boots mustachio hatswitch thought he might
get an early taste.

Chased him all over the apartment.  Found places
cats could hide that I did not know existed.

"That's my food for the week!"
A baby can die from shaking.

Cleaning up and tasting mushroom tomato water thumb sucked
it's hard to blame him for trying.