Poem: "Why Cats Have Nine Lives"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem came out of the September 6, 2022 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It also fills the "Bridge" square in my 9-6-22 card for the Land of Oz Bingo fest.


"Why Cats Have Nine Lives"


To a cat,
every door
is something
they want to be
on the other side of.

The bridge between
life and death is just
another door to them.

There were always
cats at it, meowing

to be let in,
to be let out,
to be let in,
to be let out ...

So Death gave up
and installed a cat flap.

Comments

[arthur_p_dent]

Yuppers! Got 3 that each have a door they don't like being in the wrong side of. XD

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

It seems to be the nature of the beast. Like how mice like to run into small dark holes, cats like to be on the other side of every door ever.

It makes me wonder if they'd be unbeatable or terribly bad at the Doorway Exercise. Are doors conspicuous to cats? Or is it reflexive and they don't actually notice the door they are going through?