Bio

Samuel T. Franklin is the author of two books of poetry: Bright Soil, Dark Sun (2019) and The God of Happiness (2016). He resides in Bloomington, Indiana, where he enjoys making useful things out of wood scraps and losing staring contests to his cats. He can be found at samueltfranklin.com.

She
stares
catlike,
slowly shows
grinning teeth. The cat
waits, spouselike, with clawed paws curling.