Juditha Dowd
Recipe for Cat
Not dog
nothing like dog
except a similar body
Season lightly as a rule
but add one gram of turmeric
which is anti-inflammatory
and gives the orange color
favored by Danes on their ships
which many of us now prefer
Neither shake nor stir
allowing the disparate molecules
to take their own sweet time
Chill thoroughly
Bio
Juditha Dowd's poems can be found in Poet Lore, The Florida Review, Rock & Sling, Cider Press Review and elsewhere. She is the author of a full-length collection, "Mango in Winter," and 3 chapbooks. Her mixed-genre, verse narrative "Audubon's Sparrow" will be published by Rose Metal Press in 2020.