A timidly poked, curious nose
paws its way into my stroking affection,
purring with encouraging delight,
until,
at some unknown exact moment,
my touch becomes sensitively unpleasant --
either too rough or too intimate,
and,
from ecstatic contentment one instant
to a hissing, scratching bite the next,
withdraws in a bristled huff.

 
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