Political Cat Poems

    Rasputin Putin the Boot In

I once had a canary called Rasputin,
Who just loved putting the boot in,
In his cage full of...

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The pre-dawn rang
as cat choirs sang
in waring gangs
sharp and rank
before they sprang
with claw and fang.

Isn’t it an overweening piety
to think that diverse cat societies
would address...

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I'm a fat cat baby love the war machine
I'm a fat cat baby and I live the dream

I'm a fat cat baby got your pension...

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To hunt with a full stomach
To bite into the neck of the smaller
Without hunger
Fangs clamped to the back of her neck

Her face
Devoured crumpled paper
Spit up
Re-smoothed...

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I would have less surprised if they had chased down religious mothers
And murdered them in their carpeted hymn singing churches
They were frenzied, fanatically incensed, a...

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Mr. Trumpington-Trump
  was a powerful fat cat
and his unruly hair ruffled this way and that
  and he said what he thought
with great drama...

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CATS FOR CONGRESS

Are these politicians just talkers?
Some seem like outright mockers!
Why not cats? How divine!
They can balance fine lines.
Either cats or tight-rope walkers!

Oct. 15, 2020...

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Little Bird

Pretty bird, 
in the cage, 
I feed you every day. 
I put water in the dish. 
You bite. 

Pretty bird, 
in the cage, 
I...

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Australian journalist with big dreams
Advocating freedom and transparency
Becoming founder of WikiLeaks
Attracting international attention
By publishing secret documents
Uncovering human rights abuses
Appalling war crimes and corruption
Refusing to be...

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There's a Cat on my Porch!

There's a cat on my porch, and I don't know its name
For we aren't well acquainted, perhaps it's not tame,
But...

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Many see me as that crazy cat guy, 
who dresses in black all of the time,
and keeps to himself, or to just a chosen few,
and...

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The Cat entered the room
Carrying cheese in its mouth
And fire in its long carved tail
	
One could see cheese dripping away
With saliva running like the torrent...

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Sometime during the night. 
The tabby pissed on my bible...
After a twenty-hour nap.
She demanded a treat and a scratch.
She must be a demo cat....

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  I always fall asleep on my cat
And she stays with me all night to make sure I am not faking it
What she...

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The cats get fat 
on the blood of the poor 
They live in ease 
while their people are treated like fleas
brushed away to die! 

Power...

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