Pagosa Springs Artists

Cats are Carnivores

Kitty whiskers feel like stubble;
Pussy purr could break a bubble;
Cat-hiss stops me on the double;
Carnivores keep hiding trouble.

Kitty searches trash and rubble;
Wants to rub against a knubble;
Looks for critters in the grubble;
Carnivores keep hiding trouble.

 

first published in  The Pegasus Review,
also in The Hoopeston Chronicle

 

© 2001 Bonnie Manion

 
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