Every day, even the dullest,
Drags its own terrors and rewards
Desultorily as a cat
Deposits prey on the doorstep,
And like a cat, predictably,
Maintains its bit of mystery,
Its scrawny bit of dignity,
That habitual secrecy
Native to the predators' world,
Of which we are either a part
Imagining we stand apart,
Or rats time tosses until bored.