This cat is obviously a stray
And All evidence suggests to me
Apparently he’s come to stay.
He suddenly appeared one day
Lurking about and poised to flee.
This cat is obviously a stray.
The cat approved the food entrée
And rubbed my leg to say to me:
(Apparently) he’s come to stay.
My dread is that someone may
Now claim him! I advertised you see:
This cat is obviously a stray.
I later thought how I must pay-
For no vets’ services are free:
Apparently he’s come to stay!
The cat about the house will lay
And the evidence just seems to be
The cat is obviously a stray.
-Apparently he’s come to stay.
Copyright © 2002 Sandra Landfried
Written July 4, 2002.
Note: the poetic form used is the Villanelle:
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