CAT POET'S CORNER

Cats

Curled in a ball-like shape
With fur fluffed up on end
Purring contentedly to oneself
When will this hectic life end

No stresses in the world
Stomach's satisfied with being fed
It was all handed to her
This life I wish I led

Then suddenly she rises
So gracefully and slow
Tilts her head to one side
And let's the pearlies show.

Weighing down her hind feet
Crouching in a backward lean
She stretches ever so sleepily
This sight is often seen.

Wearily she looks about her
Glancing all around
then leisurely dawdling
Onto a sun-filled ground

With a swift twitch of her tail
And radiant shining eyes
She looks about her just once more
And lays down facing the skies

Dedicated to my three bundles of joy,
may they rest in peace.

Copyright © Kathryn Breakwell, 1992


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