The son feeds the cat, the father too, but they never speak with one another.

When they meet at the kitchen door, where the tom’s bowls sit, they’ll turn and walk away.

This is all I’ve got, each thinks in his way, the feeding of a stray and hungry cat.

Roy Gomez lives with his wife Cleo (and their pets) on a Texas hillside overlooking Medina Lake, directly below a starry Milky Way.