MISSING

Yesterday our next-door neighbor
called and asked
if we had seen their cats,
two orange tabbies
missing since Sunday.
Funny thing is
she said
they don’t like each other
so they always go
their separate ways
and now they’ve both gone
missing.

They would take turns
camped beneath our bird feeder
patiently waiting
for a feathered feast
to drop to the ground.

I hope they turn up soon.
I -- but probably not the birds --
miss them.