Nia’s Summons

I push for coffee 
Tonight
Our usual wizarding hour
With The Moon or in its wake
We’ll shoot for our favorite booth
Fingers crossed 
You know the one
Bring yourselves
Or whomever you like
Breakfast or just Coffee and a slice of Cake
Layers of chocolate
On a warm powdered plate
Or fries and a soda pop and extra straws or maybe 
unsweetened tea with a sprig of mint with
Ketchup or Salt & Vinegar
Or gravy
Depending on whom you bring
Musie or Editor
Only Musie would know
The language it takes
To understand just how fragile I am
And my Musie ain’t afraid
To shake her babies

Let’s see what falls out
She says
Then there’s the Editor’s red knife
I believe it’ll be 
Coffee and Cake for me tonight
Sometimes I see
Musie as some sort of Umbrella Saint
Or some kind of Gothic Betty Bo-Peep
Badass Shepherdess with tattoos of her crooks
Shepherding Us Kids along with Her Own
Black and blue sheep
Getting us safely to where we should be
Eventually even before we know it
Beating our arses if we don’t
(Who said that? What? 
No, bleating! Never mind, I still have the giggles.)
Because that’s how herding cats and kids works
Shepherding forever 
Her brood of children and sheep
And making Time for love 
Just because
Keeping track of Timelords and cats
As a shepherdess should
Is what she does.

Image: Salt Girl by Musie

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