now that the dog’s gone
the cats come brazenly into the yard
stalking the birds and squirrels
we have a suet feeder on a tree and
a “squirrel proof” bird feeder
hanging from a pole
the cats remind me of the nature shows on TV
big cats stalking their prey on the African savannah
these domestic cats are well fed, though,
and don’t need to catch their prey
they just wander off into the next yard
as the birds fly off
the squirrels chatter at them
but know it’s safe to come back down
once they’re gone
copyright 2008 Linda H. Feinberg
2 comments:
Sneeze, sneeze. Two cats...i'm sunk.
Thankx for the cool poem.
I'm allergic to cats too, but I enjoy watching them through the window. They are beautiful animals and sometimes they adopt people!
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