Love Poem: The Alpha Syndrome
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Written by: Joe Dimino

The Alpha Syndrome

Two cats
wanting to be Number One;
each cat jealous
of the other one--
they lived with
two elderly people,
in a warm and
cozy flat--
a complete set of hands
for each cat-intervention
and yet the cats
spat, both wanting
all the attention;

So—when it comes to 
cat-convention,
after long analysis
my wife and I 
have decided,
numbers and fur
have always collided--
with math and cats
two plus two,
when the adding 
is done,
will always
equal one….