Dance of the Circles

dance of the circles

lassoing legs with chirps and meows

as I do formally announce

the long anticipated

dinner hour

annoying  …

bare bowl

has lain empty

since lunch time

most unsatisfactory

state of events

no cream

in the saucer

lapped up

hours ago

the service here

I daresay

has quite … gone to pot

elegant am I

having deigned to grace you

though mere serfs and peasants

with my revered, regal presence

I implore you to respect

the divine right of cats

Meow!
the lateness of the meal
has awakened my tiredness
I will dance in a circle
of ever decreasing size
here, in your lap

Y-a-w-n

You may pet me now

s--t--r--e---t--c--h

I will ...

... allow it ...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

What a Fright!

shimmering

ghostly

spectral sight

awakened me from slumber

one dim, gloomy night

scared down to my marrow

I did not dare alight

to investigate this vision

by turning on the light

I hunkered ‘neath the covers

hearing footfalls

faint and slight

a pouncing jolt upon my bed

I shrieked; screamed with all my might

for ‘twas kitty cat who was the ghoul

on the sill beneath the drapes

as he moved the moon shone in

flickering shadow

moving shapes

feline nocturnal meandering

had caused my anxious plight

nowadays Tabby sleeps
outside my boudior
goodness … what a fright!

In the Tall Grass

You have been warned
Yet you are unheeding - unbelieving

Of your need to back away

To retreat … cautiously

To leave, quietly taking the measure of

Every movement you make

In the presence of such a

Wild, unpredictable animal 

As the lioness quietly growls her intentions
Here, in the tall grass

I 

Until now

A peace loving person

Have forgiven you seventy-times-seven

For your trespasses against me

I

Have now witnessed your harming ways

Evil deeds - Maiming words

Wrought against someone innocent

Whom I do so dearly love

You
Mistook my polite tolerance of you
As a sign of my weakness
A grave misjudgement
You
Are a bully - nothing more than a petty tyrant
Showing no mercy for those whom you victimize
Therefore, I will be merciless

I am unafraid

So ready am I

Trembling with anticipation
Spoiling for the fight I know is coming

I will face you

Call you out – challenge you

We shall battle to the death

I will call a spade a spade

For that is the shovel with which

You wanted to bury me and mine …

Is it not?

The lioness who lives within has been set free

She whose basic instict is to protect her own

Can not be recalled, once released

You

Will be obliterated

Not a trace of you shall remain in this place

Poised

Coiled like a spring - ready to attack

Silently, patiently - I wait here for you in the tall grass
A bit closer now … yes, come closer
The stench of your fear hangs in the stagnant air 

My power surges through my every molecule

Striking 
As a bolt of lightening

Deftly dealing the killing blow

My furious roar of ferocity
The last earthly sound that you hear

Silence ... then relief
For you are gone - will harm no other
My clan now safe
Still, I shall keep watch a while longer
Lone vigilant sentinel
Here, in the tall grass

House Lions Fierce We

Kitty kitty - mumblebus grumblebus

Complaining chorus; we like not to wait

Want want - nomsy food now; why bowl not full ups?

Silly woman up your hurry; you so slow - we irate

Catty catty – sleepsings; we needs more of
mousy dreamings; sweet spot on bed we

tiredness day - night long the stretchingnesses

Warm warm - we yawning pile purring pretzels

Pillows soft we likes – after sleeps, naps wants all we

Love love - we can do; if mood strikes our fancies

Her woman keep guessing; say all of we

Knead knead - her so comfy lap; stay here, maybe

house lions fierce we; elfin tigers be