Beware of the little Devil in You

I wake up at dawn
to the voice "Choose!"
Choose what? Who are you?

little devil in me?
Wonk; far too long?

  In stupor, I go through
  the mental to do list:
take the vacuum to the repair shop;
replace the old sneaker with new one;
take the badly behaving cat, tossing the poop
and talking back to the shelter;

O the last one; I've been dragging?
"You've taken it to the Moon."
I flung open my eyes.
When?
  Bolting up on the bed, look
  at the empty one in the corner.
Shoot! It's not too late. I'll go get it back!

At the shelter office, I shout, "I take him back!"
The girl calmly says, "He got a new home."
I shake, in disbelief.

"Tell them I want him Back!"

"No, Ma'am. Only in your dream."

That was three years ago; and I still dream of him;
how long? Ask the moon. 

©Byung A. Fallgren