Short Apprehensively Poems

My
small cute
kitty cat
is a lady.
How delicately
she creeps along the bed!
As if to beg my pardon,
she apprehensively proceeds
until, finding the spot she prefers,
she settles, softly purring, on my head.

Jan. 11, 2017 
For  Brenda Chiri-Carroll's "For the Love of Kittens" Poetry Contest
(This is true! She loves sitting on the  pillow right near my head and she lightly swats at me in the morning to get up and get her food!!)...

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Looking after this dog for a couple of weeks,
he seems nice enough.
The problem is I have no idea how much food and water to give him,
How the hell am I supposed to know about a dog's eating habits.
As breakfast time came around, I just had to wing it.
"A couple scoops will do you" I apprehensively said.
As I served him his meal, he turned to me and gave me a sickening look,
Almost like I'd killed his family member or something.
I think I'd given him too little....

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