Geometry

Past the end
of a day
in the time
past midnight
when leafblowers
and lawnmowers
jackhammers
and backhoes
streetcleaners
and chainsaws
are long silent
shadowy cats
are free
to practice the
hurrying dances
the complex
dark arcs
tangeants
ellipses
and leaps
of arcane
cat geometry
on the hazy edges
of the circles
streetlamps cast
on squared concrete
a half block away.