At Midnight by Martha Christina

My cat carries
a dead mouse
up the 14 steps
she can barely
manage, arthritic
as she’s grown
in her old age.
She lays it at
my feet, makes
of death, a gift.



Martha Christina has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press). Her work appears in earlier issues of Red Eft Review, and recently in Star 82 Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Tiny Seed Journal. Born and raised in Indiana, she now lives in Bristol, Rhode Island.