What good is expression when too far from meaning.  My apologies.
one more try with an explanation...
so, this Saint,
also the 33rd Pope, who reputedly died on Dec. 31st, 365, could slay dragons
with just the Name of Christ and converted Constantinople... seemed worth a
thought -- written as dusk was falling. First,  the OO of 2009 seem like
cat eyes and I could hear a musical ninth, (an octave and a note) not quite as
discordant as a second,  as if the space a cat has used up were the 8 notes of
the octave, giving a fresh start to its last life...  can you see this cat,
walking towards the new year?
Anyway, Cat or no Cat, first or last life, best greetings to all on this last day of the year and best wishes for the new year!  KJ
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Measure of cat
 
turning  page
of light falling
into time-drifts,
spin-thrift flakes
-- oh 9
two thousand and a
last tail
stretching, curling sign.