pet clothing

I bought a hoodie from Japan
made with a pocket deep enough for a cat to sleep in,
because I thought that Magic, who is twenty-three,
might like it.
It has ears on the hood and paws on the hands and is
ridiculously cute
although not as soft as I had hoped.
I got it black to match her.
It took awhile to get here (I do not
live anywhere near Japan)
and I had worried that Magic might not live to see it come
but she is strong, this cat. She's fine, just
very, very old
and likes to purr while sitting in a lap,
in this case bedecked with a fuzzy cat pocket in a hoodie
from Japan. She snugs in. My frivolous purchase
is vindicated.

This small cat and I and all our years
in this amazing world:
we keep going.