Nights Passage
A hole in the darkness
Perfectly still
Coiled and waiting
Ready to kill
Silent black velvet
Watchful and scary
Spots its next victim
Passing unwary
A leap and a pounce
Claws and fangs flashing
No chance for the victim
There comes a cruel slashing
A meal for just one
Not for the other
Its short life is done
There’ll be no tomorrow
But the beast will continue
Its wicked desire
To hunt and cause murder
As nature requires
A gruesome ritual
Carried out every night
The only defense
Is mornings new light
Sun slowly rising
Continuing its passage
Soft light devours
The monsters advantage
Some creatures survived
Were they just lucky?
Best scurry back
To their safe little cubby
And for the assassin
There starts a new day
To find a warm sunbeam
Dismissing foul play
As its green eyes grow heavy
And sleep pulls it under
The little black kitty
Dreams of its plunder
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