I Know Cats
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:39 pm
I said, I know cats. They come and they go or they stay with you for five
Maybe ten years and then one day you’re looking for them but they don’t show
And never return. They take you for a fool. A mother. A carer. The hand that feeds.
So I said to this cat, no this time there will be no cat flap. No freedom. I will not have you
Coming and going (just as you please) because you see, I don’t want to lose you; not like the last one.
Then every time he was gone or missing or quiet or hidden I would swallow fear in the throat so like a stone and then when he showed up? I would clap my hands and give it some glee and ask him! Just where have you been? Because I was terrified and then being alone and after all – well said, then done – I said, I know you! Cats! You look after them. Feed them. Caress and control. You say NO NO NO! NO NO NO! Knowing, he’s bound to go.
Maybe ten years and then one day you’re looking for them but they don’t show
And never return. They take you for a fool. A mother. A carer. The hand that feeds.
So I said to this cat, no this time there will be no cat flap. No freedom. I will not have you
Coming and going (just as you please) because you see, I don’t want to lose you; not like the last one.
Then every time he was gone or missing or quiet or hidden I would swallow fear in the throat so like a stone and then when he showed up? I would clap my hands and give it some glee and ask him! Just where have you been? Because I was terrified and then being alone and after all – well said, then done – I said, I know you! Cats! You look after them. Feed them. Caress and control. You say NO NO NO! NO NO NO! Knowing, he’s bound to go.