The Hanged Cat
by Melanie Cotter
The cat hangs four feet above the ground on the screen door. Her nails are entangled in the mesh, and she dangles face to face with the enemy lightning bug on the other side. It begins to rain mean and hard, crashing on the tin top carport. I think of the vet’s quoted price that I felt was too expensive: $6 per nail, 10 front nails, equals $60. I’m not sure how much the screen will cost to replace. The rain smells awkward at first, as it filters the air, the bugs, the cat, my door.
Melanie Cotter is an MFA student at the University of Notre Dame and lives near the campus with her fiance Nick Page. Cotter is a graduate of Central Michigan University, where she earned her B.S. and M.A., worked in a writing center,taught composition, and edited a book. She has been published in Word Riot, Temenos and, most recently,
ken*again.
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