Short Felis Poems

They stalk me.
those ankle-panthers.

I try to negotiate a way
into their affections,
yet they scorn
chin tickles, belly rubs
my hesitant ear petting.

Too soon
they strut away
tails stiff in the air
flashing that old pink
one eye....

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They stalk me.
those ankle-panthers.

I try to negotiate a way
into their affections,
yet they scorn chin tickles,
belly rubs,
my hesitant ear petting.

Too soon
they strut away,
tails stiff in the air
flashing that old pink
one eye....

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ZOO CAFÉ

clicked on the zoo café
nothing less
than a latté
paired with a reptile
yup
a pretty leaf design
in the cream
and a long-tailed lizard

optional tortoise
or cat
i think

i’ll warm up
with a sip
way against
the sill
with a purr-ific
cup
and a felis catus

unscathed

7/27/2019

*in Budapest, Hungary...

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Felis catus
You have caught a red owl
You have caught a red owl
How would you roast?

Felis catus
You have caught a red owl
You have caught a red owl
How would you boast?

Felis catus
You have caught a red owl
You have caught a red owl
How would you toast?

Let her go to moon
Let her go to moon
Felis catus
Or you would swoon....

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without a rocking-chair in sight
ol' Tam or Tom rules the roost
guarding henhouse since the fox lit out
and the door fell off its hinges

'n' all the hens cackle nervously about
wondering what tale to tell will
Felis catus softly howl tonight
to lull them nestling to defenseless

© Goode Guy 2013-08-05

for Marianne McKee's print
for the Charles Taylor Arts Center 
ekphrastic poetry event 2013-08-11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken...

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