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CAPTAIN CAT. "That’s Polly Garter. (Softly) Hullo, Polly my love, can you hear the dumb goose–hiss of the wives as they huddle and peck or flounce at a waddle away? Who cuddled you when? Which of their gandering hubbies moaned in Milk Wood for your naughty mothering arms and body like a wardrobe, love? Scrub the floors of the Welfare Hall for the Mothers’ Union Social Dance, you’re one mother won't wriggle her roly poly bum or pat her fat little buttery feet in that wedding–ringed holy to–night though the waltzing breadwinners snatched from the cosy smoke of the Sailors Arms will grizzle and mope."

captain cat

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Captain Cat

blind Captain Cat sits
by his window listening,
seeing everything
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Rodrigues Avatar
May 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Aww…this is sweet! Congrats, John!
Allison Avatar
May 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
aww such a tender poem and i love the picture with the poem:-) hugs Jan xx
Anderson Avatar
May 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Thanks very much => try "listen to the Poem!" - has added lines
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