Elegy For Mister Boots

Poor Mister Boots is lying dead,
A porcelain feline near his head.
He climbed the shelf to better see
What that peculiar thing could be.
He slipped, they fell,
And that was that,
'twas thus a curio killed the cat.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Hankins Avatar
July 1, 2022 at 12:06 PM
Really good one, Jim. I thoroughly enjoyed it and loved the play on words in the last line. Masterful!
Slaughter Avatar
July 1, 2022 at 1:34 PM
Thanks, L M.
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