The Thief and the Thief
Once upon a time
There was a pretty girl,
She sold knockoffs of jewelry,
To keep herself in curls.
She squirrelled away some chains,
Let no one know she had them.
It was a bit of chicanery,
But she enjoyed believing she owned them.
Strange thing happened
One by one they disappeared,
She had laid them on her chest of drawers,
And no one had been “here.”
One day she saw a twinkling,
Between chest and the wall,
She stuck her hand through the crack,
Found the chains – one and all.
Now this girl had an alley cat
She had raised him since first he was found,
He always licked at shiny things,
Now he had his own little mound.
Did I tell you she’d been charged with stealing?
She was always short on her sales,
Who’s the thief? The cat or the girl?
Who’s gonna put up the bail?
Copyright © Sunlite Wanter | Year Posted 2018
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