The Stupid Smart Door - Story Poem

We hoped for our dog Lucy Loo to go outside any time that she needed to. It had to be a small dog door, and so we went to Pet Smart like most people do. We want our two cats to be kept inside. Therefore, the dog’s door needed to be smart! It synched up with her collar to provide the way for only THE dog to depart! One night I searched my house and could not find our ginger cat named Simba. Where was he? I took a flashlight, and it blew my mind to see our cats’ eyes glowing from a tree. That Simba figured out a way to get behind our Aussie dog when she goes out. I guess he lies in wait, and then it’s “ready, set, and go” when Lucy leaves! Yes, I’ve got no doubt. This has to be the way he’s doing it. Our dog’s become his partner now in crime. There seems to be no way to make them quit. With the dog, Simba flees time after time. Good thing that cat’s been fixed and still has claws. Or he’d be hunting female cats in heat, or ending up in some big mean dog’s jaws! Thankfully by dawn, he’s at the door to eat. And so it goes. Each night our one cat must get out, but our white cat never does succumb. Does our white cat, Chico, just lack wanderlust or is he a cat actually dumb? At times our Chico does not seem too bright as Simba is, but I am fine with that. To call something a smart door’s just not right if it cannot outwit a too-smart cat!