Poem - Only the Cat

Hello again!

I’m still here - this week I’ve been mostly focused on getting some competition/submissions in for poetry and short stories. I’m still waiting to hear back from a couple of places for my novel, but that’s probably a long game.

Still, you look like you need a wry smile. Here’s something that might help.

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Only The Cat

What’s that noise

They discuss in bed

Stairs creak

She enters and sighs

Only the cat

I put out the netting to catch

The rats who spy

I keep the room secure

And still they will say

Only the cat

I pull the trap taught

The slightest trip

Will foil the attack

But still they will say

Only the cat

I charge the drill

The better to kill

Should I be discovered

Yet I bet they will say

Only the cat

The shotgun points

At the window

No mercy I’ll never be blamed I’m

Only the cat

I built the flamethrower

From a lighter and paraffin

To stop heroes getting in

Some know that I’m not

Only the cat

My collar has a button that

Starts the destruction

Of this human creation

They will discover

I’m not

Only the cat

My tail knocks the candlestick

What’s that noise

Stairs creak

I hide everything they think it’s

Only the cat

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