Alleyway

A cat wandering the
streets of the asphalt homeland
     sees an alleyway next 
to an apartment building
  The cat walks towards it
 in the heat of a summer 
afternoon
    The alleyway is dark and 
cool inside
    Youngsters walk there to retrieve 
balls they have thrown 
    The alleyway leads to
a small courtyard
     Where older citizens sit
and reminisce
      about younger days
Evening draws on 
     Our feline friend 
sleeps in the shadowed alleyway
      Another night falls on the city
      Lights go off in 
the old apartment building 
     While this cat 
heads off to dreamland
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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October 6, 2013 at 10:09 AM
Matt... Congratulations on having your poem Featured on the soup's home page. Always & Forever *LINDA*
Vresk Avatar
October 2, 2013 at 7:55 PM
I enjoyed reading of your alleycat,,it remanded me of my when she was with me,thank you for sharing and congrats on your poem being featured,Ivy
Dietrich Avatar
August 16, 2010 at 9:49 PM
oh, that cool alleycat. I really enjoyed reading this one, Matt. About my "three loves" I chose "things" just becuase it was easy to talk about them. they are just three loves, not meaning my only loves! Andrea
Fox Avatar
August 1, 2010 at 1:29 PM
A lovely poem !I know its not just about cats its deeper than that, but they say your a cat or dog person, our dog died a couple of years ago and now we've got two cats !!
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August 1, 2010 at 11:48 AM
funny, cats are smart and they know when they have a good thing. We have an old tom cat and he loves to fight and yet he wants to be held like a baby. He has a way of looking at his food when he really doesn't like it and blinking like he is telling us off for the bad food. LOL
Segal Avatar
August 1, 2010 at 8:54 AM
A lovely picture painted! wishing you a speedy recovery! love Simone
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