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Feast of the Beast - Written With Lin Lane

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The mean old housecat has bulgy eyes when she looks at us in our fish bowl Oh, how much we've come to despise that big mouth of hers, the black hole Poised to pounce with sharpened claws She's taking jabs with hatred brimming that ugly feline beast with drooling jaws for us little fishes, innocently swimming Our little bowl is cosy, room for only two bad kitty on the outside, always looking in If her paw ever grabs us, what are we to do - we’d be much safer in a smelly sardine tin! If she ever catches us, we’ve got big troubles perhaps in her dreams she sees us as fat trout In fear we produced a stream of gassy bubbles If only our owner would give bad kitty a clout! All the chaos made us soil ourselves with poop so we let that mean old cat feast on a tasty treat When her nasty tongue slurped intestinal goop the beast screeched in horror! Revenge is sweet! Our owner came home and cleaned out the bowl Soon we returned to our safe sweet smelling home Kitty got banned but can see us through the keyhole Now we don’t suffer from irritable bowl syndrome! Collaboration with Lin Lane written on 7/7/17 07-08-17

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Jan Allison

Date: 7/19/2017 4:34:00 PM

No I am not creative at all that is why starting writing poetry when my hubby had cancer surgery has come as a great surprise. Lin is an awesome poet and artist too but the pic is one she found to go with the poem:-) hugs Jan xx

Hannah Borke

Date: 7/19/2017 4:27:00 PM

Enjoyed this -- And the picture. Are you an artist too?

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 7/10/2017 10:58:00 AM

Wonderful, witty poem, Jan and Lin. Had me laughing throughout. Ty for the smiles and the laughs this morning. Sweet collab duet. Two talented poetic voices sounding as one. Pure poetry given to the Soup. Love and peace to you both always.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/15/2017 12:15:00 PM

Thanks Freddie it was a joy to write with Lin she has an incredible talent:-) hugs Jan xx

Joanna Daniel

Date: 7/10/2017 8:10:00 AM

Ha ha, what a great story, both of you:) you both are the queens of humour:)

Jan Allison
Date: 7/15/2017 12:14:00 PM

Thanks Jo:-) hugs Jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/10/2017 4:17:00 AM

You two! Lol. This made me recall the Siamese cats in the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp. Vicious cat! Very amusing collaboration. ; )

Jan Allison
Date: 7/15/2017 12:16:00 PM

LOl Connie yes I remember the film and the we are Siamese song:-) hugs Jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 7/9/2017 1:20:00 PM

love the imagery, and the theme... poor kitty and fishy ~*

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2017 3:42:00 PM

Thanks Eve:-) hugs Jan xx

Winged Warrior

Date: 7/9/2017 9:10:00 AM

Purrrfectly done ladies...hahaha and chachacha...and watch out for that irritable bowl syndrome lol...^WW^

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2017 9:13:00 AM

Cheers ^WW^ hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 7/9/2017 8:04:00 AM

The title bowl (tidy bowl) becomes quite clear! LOL! Nice job you two!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2017 8:15:00 AM

We had fun with this theme and the picture Lin found was perfect to go with the poem:-) hugs Jan xx

Arturo Michael

Date: 7/9/2017 5:33:00 AM

Cats are very creative, so it wouldn't be long before these fishes are stripped to the bone unless they come up with a plan to send pussy packing... enjoyed it... thanks for sharing

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2017 8:14:00 AM

Thanks Arturo:-) hugs Jan xx

M. L. Kiser

Date: 7/8/2017 9:48:00 PM

I think that I've peed my pants! Hilarious piece, ya'll.

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2017 5:03:00 AM

LOL ML we had such fun writing this poem I am so glad you enjoyed it so much:-) hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 7/8/2017 8:19:00 PM

jan - a good collaboration should be so smooth that you can't even tell that it wasn't all written by the same person and that is indeed the case with this delightful poem. kudos to both of you!

Jan Allison
Date: 7/9/2017 5:03:00 AM

Thanks Ilene we had fun writing together:-) hugs Jan xx