Dream Cat

by Jim Murdoch

Having searched my corner

of the real world

I turned to my dreams

and found him there

     (or rather he found me)

and we shared a moment,

one of our moments,

     well, I had a moment

     and he endured it;

then I fed him,

     treated him (the fun treats)

     and he left.

I really don’t think

     cats know

     how dreams

are supposed to work

     but more fool dream me

for expecting more.

BIO: Jim Murdoch is a prolific Scottish poet. In 2025 alone, he published 140 poems and wrote a further 200 to replace them. Over the last fifty years pieces have been accepted by respected journals such as Acumen, Stand, and—much to his own surprise—Analog, though the greater amount by far have vanished without trace. For ten years he ran the literary blog The Truth About Lies but now lives quietly in Cumbernauld with his wife and, whenever the mood takes him, next door’s cat. He has published two books of poetry, a short story collection, and four novels—Jim, not the cat. https://www.facebook.com/Jimmy4559/