The Cat
THE CAT
Oooh. Some things you wouldn’t believe, would you?
When I moved into Beaumaris Avenue, number 4
I met Gladys, who lived next door.
She lived alone with her cat, called Jed,
A big black moggie, with a big black head.
He had saucer green eyes that seemed to glow
And the threat of death in every claw.
His screams in the night made my blood boil
And he left foul-smelling parcels in my soil
Oooooooh, some things you wouldn’t believe would you!
I went round when I could stand it no more
And I indignantly banged on Gladys’s door.
A builder answered with hammer in his hand
But I threw him my complaint, just as I’d planned!
He said, “you’ve a problem, it’s been empty a year or more!”
And with a contemptuous look, he slammed the front door!
So I went back home, I couldn’t sleep that night,
It left me feeling all queasy and tense,
And at midnight I looked out the bedroom window
And there, were a pair,
of glowing green eyes, looking, back at me, from the fence!
Oooh. some things you wouldn’t believe, would you?
Copyright © Janine Lever | Year Posted 2021
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