Alohomora

My cat has some
strange skills,
like working
a door knob
(if he so
pleases).

I sometimes
lock the door
just in case,
so he doesn't
escape
(can't
run
away
from
me)
or get
hurt,

but I worry there'll be
an emergency
and no will
be able
to save me

or,
more importantly,
save him.

Juliette Sebock is the author of Mistakes Were Made and has poems forthcoming or appearing in a wide variety of publications. She is the founding editor of Nightingale & Sparrow and runs a lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste. When she isn't writing (and sometimes when she is), she can be found with a cup of coffee and her cat, Fitz. Juliette can be reached on her website or across social media.