No Contract

NO CONTRACT Used to wonder where he was sometimes for days Thought I knew his quirky ways When I called him for dinner with tintap Now I know why he didn’t head for the cat flap He often ate dinner in another bowl My cat sat at another fire, warmed by other coal Rubbed against another soft-felt shoe Purred for another’s smiling face too. In that dog-eat-dog world there A cat ate anywhere After all he never promised you see Never signed a contract with me I mean were not married, no legal consent It was just a casual open arrangement Well, things happen as they may : Met the “other woman” one day - About the weather a friendly chat Of a sudden I said, oh there’s my cat, She said, and there’s mine too ! But there was only one cat in view. We quickly pooled our knowledge We didn’t need a degree from college We both whispered pushwoosh To attract “our” cat away from the thorn bush But he darted through the leaves And climbed up to the eaves And another woman’s arms pulled him in And cuddled him and tickled his chin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Written 2 August 2012 Entered in Poet ~ Destroyer's Contest Any poem you posted this week....