Return of the Kanukechmi
She scurried throughout the kitchen
With her echoing meow
Right into the bedroom....
Couldn't imagine what Samii was up to?
She started to poke in and around
A mound of folded clothes
Strategically positioned
On the left hand side
Of the bed.
She kept poking, and poking further
But the pile of clothes
Collapsed on top of her,
Only to find her poking deeper
And deeper inside.
I could only see
That from her hips
Back to the tip of her tail
With such intensity
That her hips
Did sway, sway, and SWAY
With such force
Until she finally got
Her catch of the day!
She glanced aside at me
As if to say:
"I will do what you tell me: To obey!"
So without hesitation
She leaped off my bed
And with pride in fulfilling her duty
Managed to corner her opponent
In the bedroom
Beneath the window
Towards the bay.
Running along the baseboard,
From one end to the other end
This cat and mouse game
Lasted for five minutes or so,
As if they were friends at play,
But after all that she did
The mouse had apparently
Outwit her match
And must have sneaked
Into an unnoticed hole
And did finally get away!
However, only twenty four hours later,
The mouse that got away
Was eventually Samii's catch of the day!
Copyright © Valerie Ann Thomas | Year Posted 2014
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