First published in The Maryland Poetry Review (Baltimore, Maryland); collected in Snake Country (Washington, DC: Word Works, 1990) © James McEuen, ISBN 0-915380-26-9. Bowed psaltery music by Rick Long at www.ringingstrings.com; purring sounds by Mike Koenig and www.SoundBible.com. Photos: James McEuen by Michael Hauptschein; cats by Charlie at www.antipope.org, www.nicepetsblog.com, www.e-things.org, www.ehow.com, farm4 and Allexperts at zabout at www.flickr.com; veterinarians by www.ehow.com, Jon Schulte at www.istockphoto.com, and Patti McConville at www.gettyimages.com; animal eye shine by Kaci Thompson at University of Maryland, Una Smith, firefly at www.fireflyforest.net, and pfalky2k at www.flickr.com; Sahara desert by Mike Mellinger at www.flickr.com.
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