Afterdark....

Standing in the shadow

wanting to venture out

hiding around a corner

in an alleyway

the stray black cat

walked his usual nightly beat

scavaging for scraps and raiding

turned over bins.

He was a handsome fellow

with charm and an attitude

but he loved to roam in

the dark.

Never going into the light

not even in the daytime.

No one knew he was there

His name was Harold

and he was 63 years of age

from Russia

And the dark alleyways

where his safety zone.