To any tourist in Rome, Old Maria may seem to be an eccentric soul who feeds stray cats and thinks she can talk with them. Things are rarely as they seem. In fact, she can. A dying cardinal has given Maria a final, urgent wish. His time is running short. On the surface, it seems impossible to grant.

Things are rarely as they seem. Especially with Maria and her cats at work. And for those who truly love, the impossible is only an illusion.

What you think you see, may well be something quite different.

Jaffalogue picks best reads published in 2015! Best long narrative poem: CAT LADY.