Tuesday, January 16, 2018

A Fence Cat.

A Fence Cat.

There was a cat in Austria who sat on a fence
Every noon and night.  She was a calico cat
And had five toes.  She lived by herself.

The neighbors would often feed her tuna fish,
And leave the bowl out by the barn, for
The barn was a vacant place full of ghosts and

Old owls hooting in the roof.  Sometimes, bats
Lived there, but they were not large bats, they
Were fruit bats, and they liked to eat the tuna fish
Instead of the cat.  The cat pecked the ground
Like a chicken.  But there were no chickens,

They were moved or died out a long time ago.
There is no crime rate here, it is out in the country,
And the night comes on with a lonely sound that
Bends and whispers to its captors.  Sometimes shadows

Dance.  But nothing else moves.

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