Tattered screen door slaps the jamb
I claim the wicker chair I am
Cypress knees poke through black water
Last light paints the porch boards darker
Bayou porch cat owns the dusk
Mosquitoes dive I barely budge
Pages turn in screened-in light
Another shift survives the night
Regular tomcat crosses slow
Nods respect no need for show
Spanish moss drips on my tail
Coffee steam curls through the veil
Bayou porch cat owns the dusk
Mosquitoes dive I barely budge
Pages turn in screened-in light
Another shift survives the night
Paperback spines catch fading gold
Stories stacked and never old
Gator grunts from deep below
I blink slow got nowhere to go
Bayou porch cat owns the dusk
Mosquitoes dive I barely budge
Pages turn in screened-in light
Another shift survives the night
Thunder rolls across the trees
Lightning writes in jagged keys
But this chair holds my weight just right
Purring through the coming night
Owner locks the front door tight
Bell above it gives up fight
She leaves a saucer cream and gin
Knows exactly where I've been
Bayou porch cat owns the dusk
Mosquitoes dive I barely budge
Pages turn in screened-in light
Another shift survives the night
Yeah another shift survives the night
Gibson fades on humid air
Porch cat reigns in rocking chair