Beyond Repair
A poem by Vicki Iorio

Beyond Repair

Even though she
is gone, I keep

her collar, pet
the fur woven on

the sparkly pink band
collect her DNA on

fingertips that miss
her so badly—silly

to miss a cat this much
when I have lost humans,

but relationships— damaged
in flight, dent my sadness.

Where is the Office
of Relationship Repairs?

Cat and I purred
in tandem,

my heart
broken beyond repair.

About the Author:

Vicki Iorio is the author of the poetry collections Poems from the Dirty Couch, Local Gems Press (2013), NotSorry, Alien Buddha Press (2020) and the chapbooksSend Me a Letter, dancinggirlpress (2015) Something Fishy, Finishing Line Press (2018), and Blabbermouth, Alien Buddha Press (2023). Her poetry has appeared in numerous print and on-line journals. When Vicki is not writing poetry she is sweating on her Peloton and when she is not on her Peloton, she’s probably somewhere drinking a crisp white wine.

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