Fritz Purdum Poet Free verse

Cosmo and that Cat

He straddles the couch looking out the window
Cosmo knows that green eye varmint is there.
It is a slender silky black cat that comes into
my front yard to hunt birds feeding and bathing
in my bird baths.  Bad old puddy cat.
Sassy watches with Cosmo wanting to bark
Suddenly he's there, a long high pitch whiny yelp
emits from Cosmo as he crashes into the window
trying to leap out. Sassy growls and whines with him.
Running to the front door they bark and screech
wanting outside.  I begin to turn the door knob
to release the hounds but Cosmo in his eagerness
body slams the door in anticipation of release.
We try again and the door opens and WHAM!
Cosmo hits the metal screen door shaking the glass.
Open the screen door and he leaps upon the screen porches
screen door and lets out a hoot and holler that
deafens anyone within ten feet.  Sassy lets out a bark
but Cozzie bites her, only he barks at that cat.
He bolts to the dog yard and leaps upon the wooden fence
shaking the planks like an earthquake.
Out with those long screaming nail scratching yelping
barks, tail wagging while Sassy growls at that cat.
Who calmly sits staring at a bird less yard from all the commotion.
Gently waving her long black tail and slightly turning
her head to give Cosmo those deep green eyes watching
him and Sassy whining and barking, jumping and
snorting. As if she is saying "what can you do behind the fence?"
With all the birds away that black cat stretches and yawns
while slowly softly walking away.
That's a good boy and girl, you frighten that bad old
puddy cat away. I had to reinforce their egos.
Off they go back to the couch, watching and waiting
for that black cat. Green eye varmint.

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